# Where are the downloads for Ruby 1.9.2?

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 12, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-are-the-downloads-for-ruby-1-9-2/190073 "2010-06-12T17:36:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthew)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-are-the-downloads-for-ruby-1-9-2/190073/1 "2010-06-12T17:36:19Z")

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I’m wanting to play with Rails 3 Beta 4, and from what I can tell, I  
need to be running Ruby 1.9.2 for it to work. Is that right?

Well, I’m having a very hard time finding the install packages for Ruby  
1.9.2. I am not an advanced enough user to get the source code and build  
it all… I need ready-to-use installs or packages and as many  
step-by-step instructions as I can get.

I need to setup all 3 of these development machines:

Ubuntu 10.04 (my work machine), OSX 10.6.3 (my home machine), and  
Windows XP (my laptop)

On all three machines I am using the NetBeans 6.9 beta IDE.

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**Author:** ![matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthew)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-are-the-downloads-for-ruby-1-9-2/190073/2 "2010-06-12T21:06:58Z")

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Matt S. wrote:

> I’m wanting to play with Rails 3 Beta 4, and from what I can tell, I  
> need to be running Ruby 1.9.2 for it to work. Is that right?

The question is best asked on a Rails list, but I think 1.8.7 is  
supposed to be fine.

> Well, I’m having a very hard time finding the install packages for Ruby  
> 1.9.2.

Stick with 1.8.7 then. 1.9.2 has not had a release yet, so there are  
unlikely to be official packages for it.

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**Author:** ![matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthew)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-are-the-downloads-for-ruby-1-9-2/190073/3 "2010-06-17T16:22:03Z")

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On Jun 12, 11:36 am, Matt S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Ubuntu 10.04 (my work machine), OSX 10.6.3 (my home machine), and  
> Windows XP (my laptop)
> 
> On all three machines I am using the NetBeans 6.9 beta IDE.

You can use the experimental versions from RubyInstaller project:

[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=167&release\_id=43874](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167&release_id=43874)

> **[RubyInstaller for Windows](https://rubyinstaller.org)**
>
> The easy way to install Ruby on Windows This is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important...

You would need 7-zip to extract the package. Put in any directory like  
C:\Ruby192 and add ‘bin’ folder to your PATH if you want to use form  
the command line.

Using NetBeans, you can add it as another Ruby Interpreter.

For other platforms (OSX and Linux) I recommend you use RVM:

[http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/](http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/)

HTH,