# How to update ruby and rails in instantrails2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420 "2010-09-23T04:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanawatl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420/1 "2010-09-23T04:26:04Z")
I use Instans rails 2.0.But the version of rails and ruby still old.I need to update to latest version. What should I do ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanawatl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420/2 "2010-09-23T05:49:58Z")
try: gem update --system Dani ---
**Author:** ![tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanawatl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420/3 "2010-09-23T06:35:28Z")
install a ruby latest version copy and past all the from from that installed in to yours ruby of instant rails may be this work some one told me this i never tried but i think it works On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Dani D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > . > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). – Thanks: Rajeev sharma ---
**Author:** ![tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanawatl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420/4 "2010-09-23T07:00:13Z")
gem update --system didn’t work Dani Http Response 302 fetching [http://gems.rubyforge.org.yaml](http://gems.rubyforge.org.yaml) howerver , thank you Dani ---
**Author:** ![tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanawatl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420/5 "2010-09-23T09:45:05Z")
On 23 September 2010 03:26, Tanawat L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I use Instans rails 2.0.But the version of rails and ruby still old.I > need to update to latest version. What should I do ? As you say, InstantRails (while very good when it was introduced) is now out of date and not maintained. A better solution now is probably VirtualRails which will give you a complete rails environment on a virtual machine running on windows. An even better solution is to use Linux (I use Ubuntu) and ditch Windows. You can dual boot the PC so you can use either Win or Ubuntu if you really need to keep Windows. You will not regret it in the long run, one gets this marvelous sensation of being in control of the machine again. Colin ---
**Author:** ![tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@tanawatl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanawatl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-ruby-and-rails-in-instantrails2-0/195420/6 "2010-09-24T02:52:36Z")
Tanawat L. wrote: > I use Instans rails 2.0.But the version of rails and ruby still old.I > need to update to latest version. What should I do ? > Thanks The first step is to update rubygems I found it works best to download from [rubyforge.org](http://rubyforge.org) the latest version of rubygems, do the install and then update rails. If you have rubygems working and try ‘gem update’ which should update all installed gems it will fail. It will complain that ruby is version 1.8.7 and I have not tried to update ruby. You can install an earlier than 3 version of rails by ‘gem install -v=[version] rails’. I have installed 2.2.2 and 2.3.9 and it worked for them. I cannot testify to any other version. In all cases this is done from a ‘ruby console’ window which you can access from the I menu in IR. Norm