# Final RubyInstaller packages released!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/final-rubyinstaller-packages-released/189748>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 7, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/final-rubyinstaller-packages-released/189748 "2010-06-07T04:47:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/final-rubyinstaller-packages-released/189748/1 "2010-06-07T04:47:58Z")

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I’m pleased to announce the release of final RubyInstaller packages.

For those not already familiar with RubyInstaller, these versions  
continue the great work started with the original One-Click Installer  
by providing both 1.8 and 1.9 versions of MRI Ruby for Windows.

RubyInstaller is powered by GCC compiler, we provide as  
convenience an optional Development Kit, which now makes possible  
to install RubyGems that, until today, were not readily or easily  
available to Windows users.

This release also focuses on improving the installation process and  
ensuring a much more pleasant experience for existing and new users of  
Ruby on Windows.

= Before installing

If you’re upgrading from previous RubyInstaller packages, please  
uninstall these versions before proceeding. Don’t worry, any gems  
that you installed or compiled since installed will not be removed.

Since the new RubyInstaller uses a different compiler, we highly advise  
that you avoid attempting to install over any previous One-Click  
Installer  
installation, or any other variant versions (InstantRails, BitNami,  
etc.)

We recommend that you backup your previous installation, take note of  
the  
details, your installed gem list, etc and proceed to completely  
uninstall  
any legacy installations.

= Verify the downloaded files

The following are the MD5 signatures of each component:

Installers:

233d6b3ddc4c61436b075b51254cd138 \*rubyinstaller-1.8.6-p398.exe  
9ffa7dfdd336340a924f5d34b686ab58 \*rubyinstaller-1.8.7-p249.exe  
e686ae092d05c534cbc06490a56fb357 \*rubyinstaller-1.9.1-p378.exe

Binary Packages:

70f7b23315e6d94cf24ea4b343573818 \*ruby-1.8.6-p378-i386-mingw32-1.7z  
77b4122e265e252964b2b1c356c2e651 \*ruby-1.8.7-p249-i386-mingw32-1.7z  
fdb18c362d85d11faab377762ecb0e69 \*ruby-1.9.1-p378-i386-mingw32-1.7z

CHM Help Files:

1e95a8010ca5d06ade9eec889fd0fc65 \*ruby-1.8.6-p378-doc-chm-1.7z  
968de52735c1710913518e0f5a0e87c2 \*ruby-1.8.7-p249-doc-chm-1.7z  
dfc6ac01f6df945ac0a3a0c2825fcee6 \*ruby-1.9.1-p378-doc-chm-1.7z

Please note that due a limitation of RubyForge file manager system,  
Binary packages and CHM files included a ‘-1’ in their filenames.

Changes since last RC2:

=== Final / 2010-06-06

- Enhancements:
  - Installers now record version information in the registry  
[jonforums]
  - Increase file descriptors for 1.8.x based compilations. Fixes  
#27465.
  - Upgraded ZLib to 1.2.5
  - Upgraded OpenSSL to 0.9.8n
  - Upgraded RubyGems to 1.3.7

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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/final-rubyinstaller-packages-released/189748/2 "2010-06-07T06:36:15Z")

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On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Luis L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I’m pleased to announce the release of final RubyInstaller packages.

This is great news, thanks for all the effort!

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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/final-rubyinstaller-packages-released/189748/3 "2010-06-07T17:13:11Z")

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On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Luis L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> […]
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> = Verify the downloaded files
> 
> The following are the MD5 signatures of each component:

Hello, due an error in the packaging, the folder and the MD5 for 1.8.6  
was incorrectly uploaded.

I’ve corrected the files at RubyForge:

[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=167&release\_id=43805](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167&release_id=43805)

MD5:

1e95a8010ca5d06ade9eec889fd0fc65 \*ruby-1.8.6-p398-doc-chm-2.7z  
c41f68ee04b982b4a5be3cc630d98916 \*ruby-1.8.6-p398-i386-mingw32-2.7z

Apologize for any inconvenience.