# Installing Ruby on 64 bit Windows 7

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-64-bit-windows-7/178632>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [November 8, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-64-bit-windows-7/178632 "2009-11-08T11:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@tobyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobyr)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-64-bit-windows-7/178632/1 "2009-11-08T11:59:56Z")

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Is there anything I need to know about in order to install Ruby on a  
64bit Windows 7 system? For example, can I just use the 1-click  
installer for 1.8.6 and get a simple and reliable system? Or do I need  
to download and compile source codes, in which case any recommendataions  
on what documentation and/or blogs to read? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![tobyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@tobyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobyr)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-64-bit-windows-7/178632/2 "2009-11-08T17:23:46Z")

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Oops, this is the ‘Rails Deployment’ forum, not ‘Ruby Deployment’ -  
perhaps a moderator could kindly move it to the main Ruby Forum?  
Thanks!