# Q: Remote installer **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491 "2008-07-08T14:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GSRalph_KuntzS_MD)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491/1 "2008-07-08T14:46:12Z")
I am looking for a “remote installer” for ruby for Windows. I need to install ruby on about 150 machines over ssh connections and do not want to use a GUI installer like the one-click installer, because it will take me days to finish and will add an extra human step for each new machine I deploy. I tried using the binary zip files, both for 1.8.6 (ruby-1.8.6-i386- mswin32.zip) and 1.8.7, but I get errors about zlib.dll when I try to install rubygems. I cannot use the cygwin version for various reasons. I am new to ruby, so please bear with my ignorance. Thanks, Ralph ---
**Author:** ![GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GSRalph_KuntzS_MD)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491/2 "2008-07-08T14:56:41Z")
G. Ralph Kuntz, MD, MS wrote: > I am looking for a “remote installer” for ruby for Windows. I need to > install ruby on about 150 machines over ssh connections and do not > want to use a GUI installer like the one-click installer, because it > will take me days to finish and will add an extra human step for each > new machine I deploy. > > I tried using the binary zip files, both for 1.8.6 (ruby-1.8.6-i386- > mswin32.zip) and 1.8.7, but I get errors about zlib.dll when I try to > install rubygems. > > I cannot use the cygwin version for various reasons. > > I am new to ruby, so please bear with my ignorance. > > Thanks, Ralph From the FAQ: [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstallerFAQ](http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstallerFAQ) Can I do an unattended install (no prompts)? Yes, use the options: “/S /D=” hth, Siep ---
**Author:** ![GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GSRalph_KuntzS_MD)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491/3 "2008-07-08T15:24:20Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I must be doing something stupid. I tried the command line options: ruby186-26.exe /S /D=d:\ruby but the GUI interface still pops up. - -----Original Message----- From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:53 AM To: ruby-talk ML Subject: Re: Q: Remote installer G. Ralph Kuntz, MD, MS wrote: … - From the FAQ: [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstallerFAQ](http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstallerFAQ) Can I do an unattended install (no prompts)? Yes, use the options: “/S /D=” hth, Siep * * * Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3 (Build 4028) Charset: UTF-8 wj8DBQFIc2mjLvLoisOZKCARAvkhAKD/SyHYSAfKIdLm+pl5G1kgaUvBkQCgqidr oGH/uUWOfmKEL/MzFzz3Ajw= =p4Yf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GSRalph_KuntzS_MD)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491/4 "2008-07-08T15:24:56Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Never mind. I should read more carefully. I did not realize t hat the options were case-sensitive. Thanks for the quick replies to my query. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3 (Build 4028) Charset: UTF-8 wj8DBQFIc2ovLvLoisOZKCARAsmMAJ91tvDnOQoewbn4kKVIUN7oOAQIcQCgkPot NLNWGz6scWC1L9f1irgdI48= =xj8N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GSRalph_KuntzS_MD)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491/5 "2008-07-08T15:47:50Z")
On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:41 AM, G. Ralph Kuntz, MD, MS wrote: > I am looking for a “remote installer” for ruby for Windows. I need to > install ruby on about 150 machines over ssh connections and do not > want to use a GUI installer like the one-click installer, because it > will take me days to finish and will add an extra human step for each > new machine I deploy. > > I tried using the binary zip files, both for 1.8.6 (ruby-1.8.6-i386- > mswin32.zip) and 1.8.7, but I get errors about zlib.dll when I try to > install rubygems. Those errors are because you don’t have all the files you need for zlib. I’m not sure what’s required for windows, but on \*nix boxes, you need the header files for zlib (by building from source). Try install zlib from source first, and then do ruby (to make sure that ext/zlib gets compiled) and THEN do rubygems. ~ Ari English is like a pseudo-random number generator - there are a bajillion rules to it, but nobody cares. ---
**Author:** ![GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GSRalph\_KuntzS\_MD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GSRalph_KuntzS_MD)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-remote-installer/142491/6 "2008-07-08T15:37:18Z")
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 14:41, G. Ralph Kuntz, MD, MS [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I cannot use the cygwin version for various reasons. > > I am new to ruby, so please bear with my ignorance. > > Thanks, Ralph I guess that if you: -copy c:/ruby contents from One-click installation -run assoc .rb=RBFile ftype RBFile=“c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe” %1 %\* -the same for .rbw -add c:\ruby\bin to PATH -create env. variable RUBYOPT=-rubygems you are pretty much set (maybe you need to register some dlls/paths for tcl/tk and similar) Anyway, the silent options seems safer. J.