# Instant Rails Replacement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 3, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133 "2009-08-03T19:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/1 "2009-08-03T19:05:57Z")
Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run? Instant Rails hasnt been updated in a long time. I dont have access to install Ruby at work, but I want to learn it in my free time. So if there is something similar to Xampp for Ruby that would be great. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/2 "2009-08-03T19:56:52Z")
Hi Frank, I suggest you check out Heroku [http://heroku.com/](http://heroku.com/) which is one of the lowest effort ways to learn. They used to have a web version of a Ruby environment. 2009/8/3 frank peterson [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run? > Instant Rails hasnt been updated in a long time. I dont have access to > install Ruby at work, but I want to learn it in my free time. So if > there is something similar to Xampp for Ruby that would be great. > > Thanks. – Regards, Ken Seek wisdom through disbelief ---
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/3 "2009-08-03T20:10:20Z")
cant get any quicker (or easier) than this: [http://tryruby.hobix.com/](http://tryruby.hobix.com/) - try ruby! (in your browser) ----- Original Message ---- From: Ken B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 10:17:28 AM Subject: Re: Instant Rails Replacement? Hi Frank, I suggest you check out Heroku [http://heroku.com/](http://heroku.com/) which is one of the lowest effort ways to learn. They used to have a web version of a Ruby environment. 2009/8/3 frank peterson [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run? > Instant Rails hasnt been updated in a long time. I dont have access to > install Ruby at work, but I want to learn it in my free time. So if > there is something similar to Xampp for Ruby that would be great. > > Thanks. – Regards, Ken Seek wisdom through disbelief ---
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/4 "2009-08-03T23:10:38Z")
I’ve been using that along with the tutorial, but I wanted to have a version offline so I can modify files (read, write, load, require) ---
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/5 "2009-08-04T01:05:57Z")
On Aug 3, 2:00 pm, frank peterson [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run? > Instant Rails hasnt been updated in a long time. I dont have access to > install Ruby at work, but I want to learn it in my free time. So if > there is something similar to Xampp for Ruby that would be great. I can suggest the packages of One-Click Installer, that are 7zip based: > **[Downloads](https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/)** > > The easy way to install Ruby on Windows This is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important... Those can be extracted anywhere and add the PATH to command prompt window for you to gain access to Ruby without installation. If you need to install gems that requires compilation, you can also grab the development kit and extract it over the folder you unpacked Ruby before. You can find more resources about it here: [http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/tutorials](http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/tutorials) Of course, this is Ruby, there is no MySQL or apache bundled, but will be enough for you to get started with Ruby. FYI: RubyInstaller == One-Click Installer. ---
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/6 "2009-08-04T07:10:35Z")
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:05 PM, frank peterson[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run? > Instant Rails hasnt been updated in a long time. I dont have access to > install Ruby at work, but I want to learn it in my free time. So if > there is something similar to Xampp for Ruby that would be great. Step 1: Unpack JRuby Step 2: Run JRuby (needs a JVM installed, but that’s usually not a problem) - Charlie ---
**Author:** ![jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jack)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-replacement/173133/7 "2009-08-04T14:19:46Z")
Charles Nutter wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:05 PM, frank > peterson[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run? > > Instant Rails hasnt been updated in a long time. I dont have access to > > install Ruby at work, but I want to learn it in my free time. So if > > there is something similar to Xampp for Ruby that would be great. > > Step 1: Unpack JRuby > Step 2: Run JRuby > > (needs a JVM installed, but that’s usually not a problem) > > - Charlie I also put JRuby “bin” directory in my path and I set a JRUBY\_HOME environment variable. Norm