# Download Ruby for Win-x64

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 14, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976 "2009-11-14T16:17:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricos)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976/1 "2009-11-14T16:17:07Z")

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Hi there!

In the Web there are a lot of references to the Windows 64bits version  
of Ruby (a.k.a. x64-mswin64), but I was unable to find the site where I  
can download it.

Help, please!  
Thanks in advance, Ricardo

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**Author:** ![ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricos)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976/2 "2009-11-14T18:22:22Z")

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> -----Original Message-----  
> From: Ricardo V. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]  
> Hi there!
> 
> In the Web there are a lot of references to the Windows 64bits version  
> of Ruby (a.k.a. x64-mswin64), but I was unable to find the site where I  
> can download it.

A quick Google yields:  
[http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html)

Think it through though… are you sure it’s worth it? Most Gems won’t  
have  
a pre-built  
binary for win-x64 thus requiring them to be compiled before  
installation,  
which can be  
a major nightmare. I’d personally recommend going with the installer  
and  
devkit that can  
be found at [http://rubyinstaller.org/](http://rubyinstaller.org/)

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricos)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976/3 "2009-11-14T18:32:19Z")

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Hi!  
I’m completely newbie on Ruby; since I have a 64bit system and found Web  
references to a Ruby version for it, I tried to download it.

## But I’ll follow your hint. Thank you very much! Best regards, Ricardo

## Ricardo Viégas São Paulo - SP - Brasil

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**Author:** ![ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricos)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976/4 "2009-11-14T18:40:31Z")

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On Nov 14, 12:16 pm, Ricardo V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi there!
> 
> In the Web there are a lot of references to the Windows 64bits version of Ruby (a.k.a. x64-mswin64), but I was unable to find the site where I can download it.

I think you mean this:

[http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html)

But, be warned, is incomplete. See this ticket that has been stalled  
for quite some time:

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1459](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1459)

The issue is actually simple: To be able to be fully 64bits, all  
Ruby’s dependencies must be compiled with 64bits.

That means several 3rd party libraries like zlib, readline, openssl,  
curses, gdbm, tk, needs to be ported and compiled to use 64bits API.

While is doable, there is a lot of work required to do it.

Also, to achive that in the current state, requires you depend and  
install Visual Studio on a 64bits platform, since using the express  
you can’t cross-compile, something not all developers have right now.

As maintainer of RubyInstaller project (known as One-Click), I’m  
pretty aware of this and definitely is in our roadmap consider 64bits  
versions.

This has been asked here (at ruby-talk) before and I’ve pointed to my  
answer from January 2008:

[http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rubyinstaller-devel/2008-January/000230.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rubyinstaller-devel/2008-January/000230.html)

Until all the minor details are ironed, you can still use the 32bits  
version with no serious performance penalty.

I recommend you try our latest RC1 versions of the installer:

> **[RubyInstaller for Windows](https://rubyinstaller.org/)**
>
> The easy way to install Ruby on Windows This is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important...

[http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum\_id=35591](http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=35591)

Hope this helps,

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**Author:** ![ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@ricos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricos)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-ruby-for-win-x64/178976/5 "2009-11-14T19:00:59Z")

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Hi Luis!  
Thanks for your hint.  
I have already received a similar hint from Walton H…

## I’ll folow with the recommendation of both of you, and go with RubyInstaller. Best regards, Ricardo

## Ricardo Viégas São Paulo - SP - Brasil