# Whats the difference of ActiveRuby and "regular" Ruby instal

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**Created:** [February 20, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-difference-of-activeruby-and-regular-ruby-instal/70777 "2006-02-20T11:09:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-difference-of-activeruby-and-regular-ruby-instal/70777/1 "2006-02-20T11:09:01Z")

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hello!

as the subject goes, what’s the difference of ActiveRuby and “regular”  
Ruby install? on windows, ActiveRuby defaults to C:\program files, while  
“regular” ruby on c:\ruby.

do i need both if i use ruby as wsh script and doing “regular”  
programming task?

thank you!

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-difference-of-activeruby-and-regular-ruby-instal/70777/2 "2006-02-21T01:32:18Z")

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First things first: there’s an ActiveRuby?! Well, not that noone saw it  
coming  
or anything. Actually, took ActiveState bloody long now that I think of  
it.  
Still, this is the first time I saw it mentioned at all.

DÅ?a Pondelok 20 Február 2006 11:06 Joey S. Eisma napísal:

> hello!
> 
> as the subject goes, what’s the difference of ActiveRuby and “regular”  
> Ruby install? on windows, ActiveRuby defaults to C:\program files, while  
> “regular” ruby on c:\ruby.

I suppose very little. ActiveState tends to bundle some extra  
Windows-specific  
stuff along with its language distribution. Like the wsh integration,  
possibly some other libs too. IIRC, their Python distro also had quite a  
bit  
of extra documentation bundled with it.

> do i need both if i use ruby as wsh script and doing “regular”  
> programming task?

I doubt it. Whatever floats your boat, I say. I’d personally stick with  
just  
one myself to avoid version mixup lossage, even if that’s somewhat  
unlikely.

David V.

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-difference-of-activeruby-and-regular-ruby-instal/70777/3 "2006-02-21T02:49:03Z")

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Looking at the ActiveState site, there isn’t an “ActiveRuby” there. So  
maybe he is talking about something else.

Robert

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-difference-of-activeruby-and-regular-ruby-instal/70777/4 "2006-02-21T03:07:23Z")

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hello!

im talking about wsh scripting with ruby (rubyscript).

does it have different installer with “standard” ruby.

thanks!

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-difference-of-activeruby-and-regular-ruby-instal/70777/5 "2006-02-21T05:16:47Z")

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Joey S. Eisma wrote:

> hello!
> 
> im talking about wsh scripting with ruby (rubyscript).
> 
> does it have different installer with “standard” ruby.

My understanding is yes, it’s a different installer and  
actually a different port of Ruby.

I think the actual project name is ActiveScriptRuby. Try  
looking it up that way.

Hal

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David V. wrote:

> First things first: there’s an ActiveRuby?! Well, not that noone saw it coming  
> or anything. Actually, took ActiveState bloody long now that I think of it.  
> Still, this is the first time I saw it mentioned at all.

ActiveRuby Script

Been around for a while now.

[http://arton.hp.infoseek.co.jp/](http://arton.hp.infoseek.co.jp/)

Has nothing to do with ActiveState.

–  
James B.

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion  
of knowledge.”

- D. Boorstin