On Jan 24, 11:32 pm, Norm Scherer <normsche...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 01/24/2012 10:05 PM, Norm Scherer wrote:> On 01/24/2012 10:33 AM, > CiriusMex wrote: > >> Hello, I'm using instantrails 2 to develop RubyOnRails projects on > >> windows and need to update my ruby version to 1.8.7 (I'm still using > >> 1.8.6). I downloaded ruby 1.8.7 here > >>http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7.zip > >> and unzipped files in the ruby folder of instantrails but when I check > >> "ruby -v" I still got 1.8.6 (I tried a gem update and same thing, some > >> gems won't update because they detect ruby 1.8.6 and not 1.8.7). > > >> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?? > > I have done exactly what you describe and it did work. Did the files > > from the zip end up in the ruby/bin and ruby/lib folders? As this is > > Windows you probably should reboot if you havn't. > > Reviewing I think I find I did something different. I downloaded > binaries > fromhttp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ruby-1.8.7-p330-i3... > and they worked fine. As someone said what you have downloaded is the > source and you really do not need that.
Thank you all for the help, I used the binaries files you said (actually Walter was right from the beginning...) and it worked great! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
