# Ruby 1.8.4 binaries for Win32 are available here **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 16, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932 "2006-03-16T23:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/1 "2006-03-16T23:54:14Z")
Ruby 1.8.4 for Microsoft Windows (Win32): - File: ruby-1.8.4-i386-mswin32.zip (6,950KB) - Version: ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32] - Md5sum: d0ecd0984988c9740ed96b92d43d76b8 - Download URL: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ruby-1.8.4-i386-mswin32.zip Other versions can be found at: - [http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html) These binaries are not the same as the One-Click RubyInstaller project which is at [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl) But it is easy enough to install extra packages using RubyGems 0.8.11. And you can download Notepad++ 3.5 which supports Ruby syntax highlighting at: - [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm) Notepad++ uses Scintilla so it has all the features of Scite and more. ---
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/2 "2006-03-17T05:10:44Z")
On 3/16/06, Conductor [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - [http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html) > > These binaries are not the same as the One-Click RubyInstaller project > which is at [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl) This used to be true, but start with 1.8.4, the one-click installer _does_ start with the same binary, and then layers on additional extensions (including Rubygems). Curt ---
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/3 "2006-03-19T19:18:18Z")
Speaking of Ruby/Rails and Windows, what are the chances of getting a unified Ruby/Rails One-Click Installer that has everything in both Instant Rails and the Ruby O.-Click installer rolled into one package? It seems totally counterintuitive to me to have to install both of them to get, for example, FreeRide and Scite and Rails. And the last time I looked, the Ruby versions were different in the two packages. By the way, I’m not all that much interested in a Linux version of either of these. My preference is to have things integrated with the native Linux package management system for any given distribution whenever possible, and my distro – Gentoo – does a pretty good job with Ruby and Rails. I think Debian is also pretty good with them, although it’s been a while since I did anything with Debian. I can’t comment on Fedora/Red Hat or SUsE – haven’t touched them recently. Curt H. wrote: > > Other versions can be found at: > > Curt – M. Edward (Ed) Borasky > **[世界杯竞猜彩票-世界杯官网竞猜（集团）有限公司](http://www.linuxcapacityplanning.com/)** > > 世界杯竞猜彩票一直以来遵守商业道德，世界杯官网竞猜坚持诚信为本，保证诚实经营。世界杯竞猜彩票先后成为安徽省电子商务协会理事单位、安徽省网商协会会员单位、合肥市电子商务协会理事单位、合肥市服务外包行业协会会员单位、安徽省云计算产业促进会会员单位。世界杯官网竞猜一直保持良好的技术及服务态度，更好地为客户服务。 ---
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/4 "2006-03-19T20:19:14Z")
On 3/19/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > whenever possible, and my distro – Gentoo – does a pretty good job > with Ruby and Rails. I think Debian is also pretty good with them, > although it’s been a while since I did anything with Debian. I can’t > comment on Fedora/Red Hat or SUsE – haven’t touched them recently. That’s (pretty much) what Instant Rails is, ([http://instant](http://instant) [Rails.rubyforge.org](http://Rails.rubyforge.org)) however, there are two caveats. First, since Instant Rails doesn’t touch you system, you don’t get the menu shortcuts and filetype associations, and you’d have to add the …\ruby\bin directory to your system path. We’ve talked about including a separate executable that you could manually invoke that would set all these things, but we don’t currently have such a thing. Second (and this is temporary). The current release of Instant Rails has ruby-mswin32 and _not_ the one-click installer. This as done for expediency to get IR 1.0 out the does with Ruby 1.8.4 because the one-click installer for 1.8.4 wasn’t yet ready. After Rails 1.1 is released, we will release Instant Rails 1.1with both the new Rails _and_ the one-click installer. Curt ---
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/5 "2006-04-10T16:20:37Z")
Can I use these to upgrade my 1.8.4? if I run the ‘gem upgrade ruby’ command it does not upgrade it to the 1.8.4 - ruby -v shows it is still 1.8.2. ---
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/6 "2006-03-27T01:55:56Z")
Speaking of Ruby/Rails and Windows, what are the chances of getting a unified Ruby/Rails One-Click Installer that has everything in both Instant Rails and the Ruby O.-Click installer rolled into one package? It seems totally counterintuitive to me to have to install both of them to get, for example, FreeRide and Scite and Rails. And the last time I looked, the Ruby versions were different in the two packages. By the way, I’m not all that much interested in a Linux version of either of these. My preference is to have things integrated with the native Linux package management system for any given distribution whenever possible, and my distro – Gentoo – does a pretty good job with Ruby and Rails. I think Debian is also pretty good with them, although it’s been a while since I did anything with Debian. I can’t comment on Fedora/Red Hat or SUsE – haven’t touched them recently. Curt H. wrote: > > Other versions can be found at: > > Curt – M. Edward (Ed) Borasky > **[世界杯竞猜彩票-世界杯官网竞猜（集团）有限公司](http://www.linuxcapacityplanning.com/)** > > 世界杯竞猜彩票一直以来遵守商业道德，世界杯官网竞猜坚持诚信为本，保证诚实经营。世界杯竞猜彩票先后成为安徽省电子商务协会理事单位、安徽省网商协会会员单位、合肥市电子商务协会理事单位、合肥市服务外包行业协会会员单位、安徽省云计算产业促进会会员单位。世界杯官网竞猜一直保持良好的技术及服务态度，更好地为客户服务。 ---
**Author:** ![Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Conductor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Conductor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-binaries-for-win32-are-available-here/82932/7 "2006-04-10T17:29:08Z")
On Apr 10, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Jamie wrote: > Can I use these to upgrade my 1.8.4? > > if I run the ‘gem upgrade ruby’ command it does not upgrade it to the > 1.8.4 - ruby -v shows it is still 1.8.2. I don’t believe ruby itself is available as a gem. (Although that could be pretty cool, and um odd). To upgrade ruby you will to use an appropriate method for your OS and preferences (e.g. source, distro packages, one click installer)