# Ruby 1-click installer for updates

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-click-installer-for-updates/122824>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 12, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-click-installer-for-updates/122824 "2007-12-12T17:26:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexd)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-click-installer-for-updates/122824/1 "2007-12-12T17:26:31Z")

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I am currently using Ruby 1.8.21 on a Windows machine. I want to  
upgrade to a newer version. Do I need to uninstall the current version  
of Ruby before using the 1-click installer, or can I just go ahead and  
run the 1-click installer?

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**Author:** ![alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexd)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-click-installer-for-updates/122824/2 "2007-12-12T20:45:50Z")

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On Dec 12, 1:26 pm, Alex DeCaria [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I am currently using Ruby 1.8.21 on a Windows machine. I want to  
> upgrade to a newer version. Do I need to uninstall the current version  
> of Ruby before using the 1-click installer, or can I just go ahead and  
> run the 1-click installer?

I’ll suggest you uninstall that first, mostly due the changes  
introduced in latest versions.

Another workaround will be install it on a different location (C:\Ruby  
instead of C:\Program Files\Ruby).

Or C:\Ruby186

The versioning of One-Click installer is confusing: the latest version  
is 26, which is 1.8.6 patchlevel 111 (that’s the reported ruby  
version).

HTH,

Luis