# One click install for XP, not admin, no gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 9, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666 "2007-11-09T01:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/1 "2007-11-09T01:12:08Z")
I notice this alert when installing Ruby: Please review the ReadMe and License below. - You must install as administrator on Windows NT, 2000, and XP in order for path and environment variable settings to take effect. I’m in XP and would like gems, but do not have Administrator privileges. I can run ruby programs by typing the filename, foo.rb, at the command prompt but, of course, I don’t have a ruby command and so no gems ☹ -Thufir ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/2 "2007-11-09T02:12:53Z")
On Nov 8, 8:53 pm, Thufir [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > at the command prompt but, of course, I don’t have a ruby command and > so no gems ☹ The admin priviliges are required to change environment variable PATH and also include RUBYOPT=rubygems that autoamtically load RubyGems for you. You can manually include the path doing: SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Ruby\bin IN a command prompt. After that you should have ‘gem’, ‘rake’ and even ruby commands available. You can wrap that sentence in a batch file, but I don’t have a Windows machine handy right now to give you the exact details 🙂 Maybe we should add a “Ruby Command Prompt” Icon in the Ruby programs folder that do this for you. Please, feel free to add this as Feature Request in the Tracker: [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=718&group\_id=167&func=browse](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=718&group_id=167&func=browse) ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/3 "2007-11-09T05:03:08Z")
On Nov 8, 5:10 pm, Luis L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: […] > You can manually include the path doing: > > SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Ruby\bin My results: C:\ruby\bin\> C:\ruby\bin\> C:\ruby\bin\>ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32] C:\ruby\bin\> C:\ruby\bin\>cd c:\ C:\> C:\>ruby ‘ruby’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\> C:\>SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\ruby\bin C:\> C:\>ruby ‘ruby’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\> C:\> > IN a command prompt. After that you should have ‘gem’, ‘rake’ and even > ruby commands available. > > You can wrap that sentence in a batch file, but I don’t have a Windows > machine handy right now to give you the exact details 🙂 Bah! 😉 > Maybe we should add a “Ruby Command Prompt” Icon in the Ruby programs > folder that do this for you. Yes, pls. I’m often moving from computer to computer and may have to install ruby from the get go. > Please, feel free to add this as Feature Request in the Tracker:[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=718&group\_id=167&func=browse](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=718&group_id=167&func=browse) Will do 🙂 thanks, Thufir ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/4 "2007-11-09T13:26:13Z")
On Nov 9, 1:00 am, Thufir [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > […] Ok, Adding Ruby to your PATH without administrative privileges: Control Panel, System. Go to Advanced and locate Environment Variables button lower in the tab. Under “User variables for …” click New and fill with this information: Variable name: PATH Variable value: C:\Ruby\bin Click OK. Then OK again for Environment Variables dialog. In a new Command Prompt window PATH should include now C:\Ruby\bin at the end of the string. > > Maybe we should add a “Ruby Command Prompt” Icon in the Ruby programs > > folder that do this for you. > > Yes, pls. I’m often moving from computer to computer and may have to > install ruby from the get go. Oh, ruby on a stick! (RubyToGo! – USB Ruby) 😉 HTH, Luis ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/5 "2007-11-09T12:55:48Z")
On Nov 9, 1:00 am, Thufir [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ‘ruby’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. Weird that setting PATH manually didn’t work… Tried reproduce that locally and worked without problems… Please don’t tell me that you’re using Windows Vista? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/6 "2007-11-13T07:07:13Z")
OCI==OP? Haha, I’ll have to try ruby on Vista, that’d be “interesting”… Creating a new variable from the System Properties tab did the trick 🙂 -Thufir ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/7 "2007-11-13T07:15:59Z")
On Nov 12, 10:05 pm, Thufir [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > OCI==OP? > […] One Click Installer, ok. -Thufir ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-install-for-xp-not-admin-no-gems/119666/8 "2007-11-09T21:24:30Z")
> C:\>SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\ruby\bin > > C:\> > C:\>ruby > ‘ruby’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. Looks like this happens if path isn’t already set to something (i.e. if it ends up looking like set path=%path%;c:\ruby\bin Also maybe adding ‘non administrator’ path setting might be an interesting option for the OCI some time. -Roger