# Problem with ruby 1.8.4 One-Click Ruby Installer on windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083 "2006-03-17T10:19:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/1 "2006-03-17T10:19:29Z")

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Hi!

Previously i had ruby 1.8.2 (One-Click Ruby Installer) installed, but  
the rdoc and plugindoc didn’t work, so i decided to install ruby 1.8.4.

I had uninstalled ruby 1.8.2 (uninstaller deleted the whole ruby folder  
with radrails and everything, just great) and installed One-Click Ruby  
Installer 1.8.4-16 preview3.

Then installed rails, rmagick, radrails, created docs for trunk version  
of file\_column plugin, everything works.

But when i try to display any page i get lots of errors like these:

compile error  
./script/…/config/…/app/views/admin/properties/\_form.rhtml:56: parse  
error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting kEND  
./script/…/config/…/app/views/admin/properties/\_form.rhtml:57: parse  
error, unexpected $, expecting kEND  
./script/…/config/…/app/views/admin/properties/\_form.rhtml:62: Invalid  
char `\002’ in expression

If i remove spaces and newline characters between lines and place them  
again, it stops complaining about these lines (most of the time) and  
starts complaining about lines below those i’ve fixed. I can’t remove  
every space and /n in my whole app.

Did you have similar problem? Does anyone know any solution?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/2 "2006-03-18T18:20:27Z")

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Nobody experienced similar errors?

In 1.8.2-15 release rdoc didn’t work and now these strange compile  
errors.

I have no idea if it’s One-Click Ruby Installer fault or Ruby-mswin32  
binaries it uses.

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**Author:** ![g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/3 "2006-03-18T22:52:19Z")

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I got the same kind of erros with the Instant Rails package using 1.8.4.  
Very strange errors in unexpected places complaining about “kEND” and  
such. Others on this forum seemed to be having similar kinds of  
problems (not just in Windows), but I never saw a solution posted so I  
reverted back to 1.8.2 and things are OK again. There seems to be  
something wrong with 1.8.4.

szymek wrote:

> …
> 
> > But when i try to display any page i get lots of errors like these:
> 
> compile error  
> ./script/…/config/…/app/views/admin/properties/\_form.rhtml:56: parse  
> error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting kEND  
> ./script/…/config/…/app/views/admin/properties/\_form.rhtml:57: parse  
> error, unexpected $, expecting kEND  
> ./script/…/config/…/app/views/admin/properties/\_form.rhtml:62: Invalid  
> char `\002’ in expression
> 
> …

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**Author:** ![g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/4 "2006-03-18T19:54:47Z")

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szymek wrote:

> Nobody experienced similar errors?
> 
> In 1.8.2-15 release rdoc didn’t work and now these strange compile  
> errors.
> 
> I have no idea if it’s One-Click Ruby Installer fault or Ruby-mswin32  
> binaries it uses.

I experienced a similar problem with 1.8.4 prev3. strange tabs and worng  
line feed/carrier return (form mac to win) make some scripts don’t run.

The ruby-mswin32 behave the same way, so my guess is the whole  
compilation for win32.

On \*nix didn’t show problems with lf nor cr (mac=CR, win=CRLF, unix=LF).

Anyone?

Try sanitize your scripts/ partials/views using Programmers Notepad 2  
([http://www.pnotepad.org](http://www.pnotepad.org))

I use this to void the similar problem.

Regards,

Luis

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**Author:** ![g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/5 "2006-03-22T00:27:56Z")

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szymek wrote:

> Thanks!
> 
> I’ll try Programmers Notepad 2.
> 
> Maybe i’ll install both versions - 1.8.2 for normal usage and 1.8.4 for  
> creating documentation 🙂

I’m curious if the programmer’s notepad thing worked, because I had the  
same issue but it was only when I had the file\_column plugin installed  
did I have this problem come up, otherwise everything worked fine, and I  
suspect that this could be the issue since it occured at odd times,  
sometimes it’ll work and othertimes it wouldn’t. I may try ruby 1.8.2  
as well.

Thanks,

PsiliPharm

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**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/6 "2006-03-22T01:07:21Z")

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PsiliPharm wrote:

> szymek wrote:
> 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > I’ll try Programmers Notepad 2.
> > 
> > Maybe i’ll install both versions - 1.8.2 for normal usage and 1.8.4 for  
> > creating documentation 🙂
> 
> I’m curious if the programmer’s notepad thing worked, because I had the  
> same issue but it was only when I had the file\_column plugin installed  
> did I have this problem come up, otherwise everything worked fine, and I  
> suspect that this could be the issue since it occured at odd times,  
> sometimes it’ll work and othertimes it wouldn’t. I may try ruby 1.8.2  
> as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> PsiliPharm

I just tried sanitizing my scripts with Programmer’s Notepad and it  
worked on maybe one or two files, but other files the error still  
appeared, but if I removed the file\_column plugin everything works fine,  
without any editing of code, that is if I didn’t put the :file\_column in  
the model, anyways … I have not encountered this problem with anything  
else. Just with file\_column which I really would like to get working  
ASAP. I originally had 1.8.2 but then I upgraded to 1.8.4, I believe  
that 1.8.2 is still installed? … if so, how do I force the script to  
require 1.8.2? Input is greatly needed.

Thank You,

PsiliPharm

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-one-click-ruby-installer-on-windows/83083/7 "2006-03-19T21:15:13Z")

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Thanks!

I’ll try Programmers Notepad 2.

Maybe i’ll install both versions - 1.8.2 for normal usage and 1.8.4 for  
creating documentation 🙂