# Problem installing latest ROR from scratch

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-latest-ror-from-scratch/164236>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 30, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-latest-ror-from-scratch/164236 "2009-03-30T10:02:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-latest-ror-from-scratch/164236/1 "2009-03-30T10:02:32Z")

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I just tried to setup ROR from scratch. I followed the instructions on  
[http://rubyonrails.org/download](http://rubyonrails.org/download) which is aptly titled to “Get Ruby On  
Rails in no time”. However, I faced a couple of roadblocks along the  
way to a successful installation.

To make a long story short: I had to manually find and install the  
following dll’s:

zlib.dll  
iconv.dll  
libssl32.dll/ssleay.dll/libeay32.dll

After copying those files to the ruby\bin directory I was finally able  
to create my first ROR app.

My system is WinXP 32bit/SP3.

Am I missing something, or is it just me having those issues?

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**Author:** ![alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-latest-ror-from-scratch/164236/2 "2009-03-30T10:44:42Z")

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Just in case you don’t get any replies, try it out on a Linux virtual  
machine (maybe [virtualbox.org](http://virtualbox.org)). Most of the howtos you find online are  
OSX or Linux related and I’ve just found it easier to use Rails on  
that platform.

Ramon T.

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**Author:** ![alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-latest-ror-from-scratch/164236/3 "2009-03-30T20:15:34Z")

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Those instructions you linked to aren’t platform specific. To install  
Rails on Windows, try the steps outlined in the first section of this  
article:

> **[Beginner’s Guide To Ruby On Rails: Part 2 — Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/ultimate-beginners-guide-to-ruby-on-rails/)**
>
> Last week we published \[Getting Started With Ruby On Rails\](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/19/getting-started-with-ruby-on-rails/), the first part of our Ruby On Rails introduction. We explained basic ideas behind Ruby and presented...