# Installing ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby/163540>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 21, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby/163540 "2009-03-21T19:16:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![daveh0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@daveh0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh0)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby/163540/1 "2009-03-21T19:16:50Z")

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i just got a new computer with vista home premium, and was wondering if  
i will have any problems installing ruby on it?

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                                           Thanks.

                                           Dave.
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**Author:** ![daveh0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@daveh0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh0)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby/163540/2 "2009-03-21T21:10:29Z")

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Dave P. wrote:

> i just got a new computer with vista home premium, and was wondering if  
> i will have any problems installing ruby on it?

I switched from Vista to Kubuntu and the difference was like night and  
day. I  
can compile Ruby from scratch in \<2 minutes, where Vista took like \>20.  
There’s  
just no excuse for such sloppy programming from MS.

You might try the One Click Installer; it will work for all the common  
Ruby tasks…

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**Author:** ![daveh0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@daveh0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh0)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby/163540/3 "2009-03-22T10:50:24Z")

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On 21.03.2009 21:06, Phlip wrote:

> Dave P. wrote:
> 
> > i just got a new computer with vista home premium, and was wondering if  
> > i will have any problems installing ruby on it?
> 
> I switched from Vista to Kubuntu and the difference was like night and  
> day. I can compile Ruby from scratch in \<2 minutes, where Vista took  
> like \>20. There’s just no excuse for such sloppy programming from MS.

Actually it may be less on cygwin (didn’t try yet). And if you use the  
current 1.8.x release then you can even install the binaries from  
cygwin.

Btw, one speed factor might be your virus scanner on Vista which you  
likely do not have on Linux, so the comparison might be a bit unfair.

Cheers

robert