# Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 16, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028 "2007-03-16T16:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/1 "2007-03-16T16:35:46Z")
Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be ready for downloading? ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/2 "2007-03-18T02:54:41Z")
Hi there, I too would like to know this ? Without this, how do you upgrade on a Windows XP platform ? regards, Daveo dima wrote: > Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be > ready for downloading? ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/3 "2007-03-18T03:33:30Z")
David P. wrote: > > ready for downloading? The OCI isn’t the only way to go, though it may be worth waiting for. There are usually windows binaries posted on [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) but only 1.8.5 is there now. You can build ruby yourself on windows, using one of gcc (cygwin or mingw) or the free-download MS compilers. (The NEWS file claims “build tools support” for Visual C++ 8 SP1, so maybe you don’t have to use VC6 any more.) ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/4 "2007-03-18T04:52:37Z")
Quoting Joel VanderWerf [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be > > > ready for downloading? > > The OCI isn’t the only way to go, though it may be worth waiting for. > It’s definitely worth waiting for! > You can build ruby yourself on windows, using one of gcc (cygwin or > mingw) or the free-download MS compilers. (The NEWS file claims “build > tools support” for Visual C++ 8 SP1, so maybe you don’t have to use VC6 > any more.) > Cygwin and MSys/mingw are definitely deprecated. The OCI is built now > with a > Windows compiler, although I’ve forgotten which one. ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/5 "2007-03-18T07:12:44Z")
On 3/17/07, David P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ready for downloading? > > I just released it a few minutes ago. Curt ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/6 "2007-03-18T16:57:06Z")
Stephan Kämper wrote: > Curt H. wrote: > > > > dima wrote: > > > > > > > Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be > > > > ready for downloading? > > > > I just released it a few minutes ago. > > And it’s available here: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/) > > BTW, who takes care of updating the download from > [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)? I’m just asking because the download at > [Download Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) is still 1.8.5-21. > > Happy rubying > > Stephan I think you need to send an e-mail to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid, may be they can update the link there… there must be a way to include some nice Ruby code to automatically update these links whenever a new version is available 🙂 Regards, Nando ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/7 "2007-03-18T22:01:18Z")
You are my heroes! I have built it but I like to install it from official installation. I have few XPs and it is the straightforward way to change to new version. Thank you once again. ---
**Author:** ![dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dima](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-one-click-installer/89028/8 "2007-03-18T11:56:00Z")
Curt H. wrote: > > dima wrote: > > > > > Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be > > > ready for downloading? > > I just released it a few minutes ago. And it’s available here: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/) BTW, who takes care of updating the download from [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)? I’m just asking because the download at [Download Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) is still 1.8.5-21. Happy rubying Stephan