# Installing the ruby on windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-the-ruby-on-windows/154084>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 25, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-the-ruby-on-windows/154084 "2008-11-25T07:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![napster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/65b543/32.png) [@napster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/napster)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-the-ruby-on-windows/154084/1 "2008-11-25T07:35:55Z")

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hi guys

i just want to install ruby1.8.6 on my windowsxp plz let me know  
urgently?

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**Author:** ![napster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/65b543/32.png) [@napster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/napster)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-the-ruby-on-windows/154084/2 "2008-11-25T08:18:36Z")

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[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/)

Use the One Click Ruby Installer.

If you plan to set up Rails, once the One Click Ruby installer is  
done, open a command prompt and type this:

gem update --system  
gem install rails

That’s it in a nutshell.

In the future though, please do a search on this first before asking a  
basic question like this. There are lots of beginner tutorials out  
there.

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**Author:** ![napster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/65b543/32.png) [@napster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/napster)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-the-ruby-on-windows/154084/3 "2008-11-25T08:43:46Z")

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thank u very much for ur reply.I got the right answer