# How to get ruby 1.9 working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-ruby-1-9-working/157742>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-ruby-1-9-working/157742 "2009-01-14T22:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-ruby-1-9-working/157742/1 "2009-01-14T22:56:17Z")

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I tried renaming my ruby directory where 1.9.1 is but I cannot seem to  
do a “gem install rails”

When I do i get a windows prompt saying a dll is missing. Is there  
another way to get 1.9.1 working?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-ruby-1-9-working/157742/2 "2009-01-14T23:25:07Z")

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Me [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I tried renaming my ruby directory where 1.9.1 is but I cannot seem to  
> do a “gem install rails”

You’ll need to do the following to install Rails under Ruby 1.9.1:

gem1.9 update --system  
gem1.9 install rails

Good luck,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-ruby-1-9-working/157742/3 "2009-01-14T23:30:24Z")

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OK, I get a windows popup still that says:  
“The ordinal 3873 could not be located in the dynamic link library  
LIBEAY32.dll”