# Installation problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/115345>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/115345 "2007-09-24T07:23:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Darmousseh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Michael\_Darmousseh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Darmousseh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/115345/1 "2007-09-24T07:23:45Z")

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I am trying to install Instant Rails, but I am having  
trouble with my environment variables. Currently I can  
issue the ruby command but not that rails command nor  
rake command. What should my environment variables  
look like? My directory is c:/InstantRails/ruby/bin

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Darmousseh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Michael\_Darmousseh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Darmousseh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/115345/2 "2007-09-24T07:29:46Z")

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Michael Darmousseh wrote:

> I am trying to install Instant Rails, but I am having  
> trouble with my environment variables. Currently I can  
> issue the ruby command but not that rails command nor  
> rake command. What should my environment variables  
> look like? My directory is c:/InstantRails/ruby/bin

Although this would be a better fit in the Rails mailing list, hope this  
helps you:

In your c:\instantrails directory, there is a file called use\_ruby.cmd  
In a console window, navigate to c:\instantrails - run InstantRails.exe  
to start the servers and then run use\_ruby.cmd so that the path is set  
correctly for calling rails, etc.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
9/24/2007 | 1:27 PM.

After that, you should be able

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Darmousseh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Michael\_Darmousseh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Darmousseh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/115345/3 "2007-09-24T07:37:47Z")

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Quoth Michael Darmousseh:

> I am trying to install Instant Rails, but I am having  
> trouble with my environment variables. Currently I can  
> issue the ruby command but not that rails command nor  
> rake command. What should my environment variables  
> look like? My directory is c:/InstantRails/ruby/bin

This isn’t the RoR mailing list / forum; although you may get responses  
here, that is where you should look first. Sorry, I love ruby, I just  
don’t know RoR (and this list isn’t for it).

Regards,