# Ruby under XXAMP on WinXP machine

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-under-xxamp-on-winxp-machine/61795>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 27, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-under-xxamp-on-winxp-machine/61795 "2006-05-27T15:36:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/val)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-under-xxamp-on-winxp-machine/61795/1 "2006-05-27T15:36:02Z")

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This may be really dumb (my armor is on)… but,

Can I run Ruby /Ruby on Rails under XXAMP on my Windows XP machine?

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**Author:** ![val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/val)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-under-xxamp-on-winxp-machine/61795/2 "2006-05-27T22:14:35Z")

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On May 27, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Val wrote:

> This may be really dumb (my armor is on)… but,
> 
> Can I run Ruby /Ruby on Rails under XXAMP on my Windows XP machine?

XAMPP (I think you mean) probably doesn’t include ruby or rails cause  
XAMPP stands for X, Apache, MySQL, Perl and PHP. Note: no “R”.  
That being said, I’d bet you could download the windows ruby  
installer, which I think includes gem. Install rails via gem and run  
the lot under the Apache provided by XAMPP. But if all you want is  
ruby and ruby on rails, you can ignore XAMPP altogether and just use  
the Webrick server which is included with rails.  
-Mat

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**Author:** ![val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/val)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-under-xxamp-on-winxp-machine/61795/3 "2006-05-28T18:15:05Z")

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Mat S. wrote:

> But if all you want is  
> ruby and ruby on rails, you can ignore XAMPP altogether and just use  
> the Webrick server which is included with rails.  
> -Mat

Mat,

Thank you for your reply. My concern was also having the MySQL as well.  
I’ll look into the Webrick server. Much appreciated!

Val

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**Author:** ![val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@val](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/val)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-under-xxamp-on-winxp-machine/61795/4 "2006-05-28T19:47:42Z")

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InstantRails gives you the whole package.

Michael