# New beta of Komodo 3.5 includes Ruby interactive shell

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**Created:** [November 24, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-beta-of-komodo-3-5-includes-ruby-interactive-shell/48789 "2005-11-24T19:28:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-beta-of-komodo-3-5-includes-ruby-interactive-shell/48789/1 "2005-11-24T19:28:10Z")

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The Ruby interactive shell is finally available for Komodo, like  
the subject says. Here are the details on getting a download,  
courtesy of JeffG.

- Eric

Hello everyone,

We’re closing in on the release Komodo 3.5.1 for Windows, Linux and OS  
X, and today have released some public beta builds for you to check  
out prior to final release:

Windows:  
ftp://ftp.activestate.com/Komodo/Windows/3.5/Komodo-Professional-3.5.1-beta1-220049.msi

Linux:  
ftp://ftp.activestate.com/Komodo/Linux/3.5/Komodo-Professional-3.5.1-beta1-220038-linux-libcpp5-ix86.tar.gz

OS X:  
ftp://ftp.activestate.com/Komodo/MacOSX/3.5/Komodo-Professional-3.5.1-beta1-220038-macosx-powerpc.dmg

Highlights:

- several fixes in Perl Code Folding, and numerous other fixes since  
the 3.5.0 release on OS X.

- a Ruby interactive shell!

Known Issue:

There is a bug currently related to start-up where, if the user who  
first runs Komodo does not have write permissions to the directory  
Komodo is installed to, start-up will fail. This mostly affects Linux  
users who install Komodo as root.

Workarounds:

- install as your own user to your home directory, or
- after installing, run Komodo at least once as root or via sudo  
(you will get a license error, which is expected )

We expect this issue to be resolved for the final release.

On behalf of the Komodo development team,

Jeff Griffiths  
Technical Support Engineer  
ActiveState - Dynamic Tools for Dynamic Languages

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