# eRuby, lack of information

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-lack-of-information/72300>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-lack-of-information/72300 "2006-10-16T11:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-lack-of-information/72300/1 "2006-10-16T11:03:54Z")

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Hi,

I’ve seen many web articles on how to use eRuby but i can’t seem to find  
eruby.exe as being part of the 1.8.x release. All I can see is a batch  
file named erb.bat which works fine when working from the command line,  
but there is nothing available for Apache.

And before you mention mod\_ruby, according to the [modruby.net](http://modruby.net) website  
there will never be a win32 version.

Is support for eRuby this bad on the windows platform?

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**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-lack-of-information/72300/2 "2006-10-16T13:14:17Z")

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On 10/16/06, Vince /. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is support for eRuby this bad on the windows platform?  
> ERB is a pure-ruby replacement of eRuby, with a bit differrent usage.  
> You can use it via CGI, Webrick or Mongrel. For more information,  
> please search archives for eruby.

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**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-lack-of-information/72300/3 "2006-10-16T14:21:01Z")

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Jan S. wrote:

> On 10/16/06, Vince /. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > Is support for eRuby this bad on the windows platform?  
> > ERB is a pure-ruby replacement of eRuby, with a bit differrent usage.  
> > You can use it via CGI, Webrick or Mongrel. For more information,  
> > please search archives for eruby.

I have searched the forums for eruby but I havent had much luck. It  
seems that Apache + Windows isn’t the right combination for ruby web  
scripting at this time.

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**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-lack-of-information/72300/4 "2006-10-17T00:44:03Z")

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On 10/16/06, Vince /. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Jan S. wrote:
> 
> > On 10/16/06, Vince /. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> > 
> > > Is support for eRuby this bad on the windows platform?  
> > > ERB is a pure-ruby replacement of eRuby, with a bit differrent usage.  
> > > You can use it via CGI, Webrick or Mongrel. For more information,  
> > > please search archives for eruby.
> 
> I have searched the forums for eruby but I havent had much luck. It  
> seems that Apache + Windows isn’t the right combination for ruby web  
> scripting at this time.

Ok then.

[http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094](http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094) show how to setup eruby + apache.

Even easier is Webrick’s ERBHandler. Just start Webrick, and it will  
feed .rhtml files into ERB. See [Super simple serving of ruby pages - Ruby - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/82003)