# Installing 1.8.4 on windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 15, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-1-8-4-on-windows/54957 "2006-03-15T15:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-1-8-4-on-windows/54957/1 "2006-03-15T15:23:11Z")
Let me start by saying Yes! I have seaarched this list, I have done several googles, and I have gone to the one click installer home / news / and FAQ page and what I came up with was a lot of confusing, conflicting next to useless information. What I am looking for is an explanation of how to upgrade from Ruby 1.8.2 to Ruby 1.8.4 on a Windows XP machine that does not require building the application from source code. I would like to get the complete ruby, including the features listed as missing in the one-click installer preview-3. Thanks, joe ---
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-1-8-4-on-windows/54957/2 "2006-03-16T16:24:28Z")
Joe P. asked: > What I am looking for is an explanation of how to upgrade from Ruby > 1.8.2 to Ruby 1.8.4 on a Windows XP machine that does not require > building the application from source code. I would like to get the > complete ruby, including the features listed as missing in the one-click > installer preview-3. The O.-Click Installer 1.8.4-preview3 _is_ “the complete ruby”. As far as I know, download it, and either install it over the top of 1.8.2 or uninstall 1.8.2 first. If you’re concerned about possible bugs in the package, you may want to wait for Curt (who’s doing a great service to the Windows+Ruby community in his spare time – thanks Curt) to release a final version. Alternatively, there’s another Windows distribution of Ruby that comes pre-compiled, known as ruby-mswin32. The O.-Click Installer is a superset of ruby-mswin32. It’s the standard, basic, “complete ruby.” Don’t expect the feature-set of the One-Click Installer. [http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/) Cheers, Dave ---
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-1-8-4-on-windows/54957/3 "2006-03-16T16:37:45Z")
Dave B. wrote: > The O.-Click Installer 1.8.4-preview3 _is_ “the complete ruby”. As far > as I > know, download it, and either install it over the top of 1.8.2 or > uninstall > 1.8.2 first. > > If you’re concerned about possible bugs in the package, you may want to > wait > for Curt (who’s doing a great service to the Windows+Ruby community in > his > spare time – thanks Curt) to release a final version. \> Cheers, \> Dave Thanks Dave! And Thanks Curt!! My primary concern was the note regarding Preview 3 about the XML parser but upon further investigation I think that what I want to do (open / parse / create rss feeds) can probably be supported by the xml parsers that are included. Appreciate the response! joe ---
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-1-8-4-on-windows/54957/4 "2006-03-16T17:31:29Z")
This just isn’t as easy as it should be, is it? I just tried compiling the source using the free Borland C++ 5.5. This was the result - not sure what I’m missing: C:\rubysrc\ruby-1.8.4\>bcc32\configure.bat MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland Creating Makefile type `make’ to make ruby for bccwin32. C:\rubysrc\ruby-1.8.4\>make MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland config.h updated. Creating config.status bcc32 -q -tWR -tWC -O -6 -w- -wsus -wcpt -wdup -wext -wrng -wrpt -wzdi -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I./ -I./missing -I. -c .\array.c .\array.c: Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 26: Unable to open include file ‘winsock2.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 27: Unable to open include file ‘windows.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 55: Unable to open include file ‘stdio.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 56: Unable to open include file ‘stdlib.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 57: Unable to open include file ‘string.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 58: Unable to open include file ‘direct.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 59: Unable to open include file ‘process.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 60: Unable to open include file ‘time.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 61: Unable to open include file ‘math.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 62: Unable to open include file ‘signal.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 63: Unable to open include file ‘sys/stat.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 64: Unable to open include file ‘sys/types.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 68: Unable to open include file ‘utime.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 70: Unable to open include file ‘io.h’ Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 71: Unable to open include file ‘malloc.h’ Error E2141 .\win32/win32.h 84: Declaration syntax error Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 162: Type name expected Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 167: Type name expected Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 168: Type name expected Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 169: Type name expected Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 170: Type name expected Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 174: Type name expected Error E2141 .\win32/win32.h 183: Declaration syntax error Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 199: Type name expected Error E2303 .\win32/win32.h 200: Type name expected Error E2228 .\win32/win32.h 200: Too many error or warning messages \*\*\* 26 errors in Compile \*\*\* \*\* error 1 \*\* deleting array.obj C:\rubysrc\ruby-1.8.4\> ---
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-1-8-4-on-windows/54957/5 "2006-03-17T00:18:10Z")
Hi, At Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:29:10 +0900, Glenn S. wrote in [ruby-talk:184451]: > This was the result - not sure what I’m missing: Compiler configuration; you have to tell the compiler where headers and libraries are, with .cfg files.