Introduction
This article describes how to set up Ruby on Rails on the Windows platform.
1. Download the RubyInstaller for Windows from
here.
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Image 1: Ruby Installer Page
2. Now open the Downloads folder and run the Ruby installer.
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Image 2: Run Ruby .exe File
3. Click “I accept the License” and click on the "Next >" Button.
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Image 3: Accept License Window
4. Select the following Checkboxes as in Image 4 during Ruby installation and click
Install to continue.
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Image 4: Installation Instructions Window
5. Aftre completing the installation process, press the
Win + R key from the keyboard to open a command prompt window and create an empty directory (for example C:\RubyRails\Ruby), then navigate to that directory and type
“ruby -v” to check the version of Ruby and confirm that Ruby has been installed correctly.
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Image 5: Check Ruby Version
6. If you want to execute a line of Ruby code then type the following command as in Image 6.
“ruby –e “puts ‘I am installing Ruby’”
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Image 6: Run
ruby -e Command
7. Type
“ruby -h” command for help regarding Ruby as in Image 7.
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Image 7: Run ruby -h command for Ruby Help
8. Now to start interactive Ruby type
“irb” in the command prompt to execute a command as in Image 8.
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Image 8: Interactive Ruby irb command
9. To exit from irb type “exit”.
Summary
In this article, we saw how to install Ruby in the Windows platform.