# Can't find eruby in windows installation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-find-eruby-in-windows-installation/95039>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 19, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-find-eruby-in-windows-installation/95039 "2006-05-19T21:30:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![alan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@alan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alan)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-find-eruby-in-windows-installation/95039/1 "2006-05-19T21:30:50Z")

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Hi,

I installed ruby on my XP machine, but I cannot find eruby. Is eruby  
available for windows platform?

Thank you,  
Alan

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**Author:** ![alan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@alan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alan)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-find-eruby-in-windows-installation/95039/2 "2006-05-24T18:43:56Z")

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On 5/19/06, Alan [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I installed ruby on my XP machine, but I cannot find eruby. Is eruby  
> available for windows platform?

begin  
require “eruby”  
rescue LoadError  
require “erb”  
end

IIRC, eruby and erb are the same thing, but the former is implemented in  
C.

-austin