# Upgrade from Ruby 1.8.2 to 1.8.3 in Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-from-ruby-1-8-2-to-1-8-3-in-windows/98979>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 19, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-from-ruby-1-8-2-to-1-8-3-in-windows/98979 "2006-07-19T14:59:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuka)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-from-ruby-1-8-2-to-1-8-3-in-windows/98979/1 "2006-07-19T14:59:11Z")

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Hi,

Unfortunately search is not available - so I have the following  
question.

I would like to know how to upgrade from ruby 1.8.2 to 1.8.3 without  
having to uninstall and reinstall. Is this possible ? I have ROR  
installed on top of my present ruby instalation. I guess that would  
require a ROR reinstall ?

TIA,  
Tuka

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**Author:** ![tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuka)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-from-ruby-1-8-2-to-1-8-3-in-windows/98979/2 "2006-07-19T15:09:14Z")

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On 7/19/06, Tuka O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> TIA,  
> Tuka
> 
> –  
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

Hey there.

Just thought I would note the message on [http://rubyonrails.com/down](http://rubyonrails.com/down) :

“We recommend Ruby 1.8.4 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.2 is fine too,  
but version 1.8.3 is not.”

You’ll probably want to upgrade to Ruby 1.8.4 so as to not break Rails.  
Regards,

Michael S.

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**Author:** ![tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuka)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-from-ruby-1-8-2-to-1-8-3-in-windows/98979/3 "2006-07-19T20:31:49Z")

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Thanks for the heads up. That saved me another install.

Cheers,  
Tuka

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**Author:** ![tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tuka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuka)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-from-ruby-1-8-2-to-1-8-3-in-windows/98979/4 "2006-07-19T15:13:01Z")

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Sorry, one more thing. Ruby-forums actually is just a front-end for  
the mailing list. You can search it through a mirror of the archives,  
such as this one:

[http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml)