I should know better than to stay up past my bed time... I just gave the download link for Instant Rails! Arrrggg! You can download the One-Click Installer from here: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167 Curt On 1/30/06, Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs / gmail.com> wrote: > Oh yeah... you can download it here: > > http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=904 > > Curt > > On 1/30/06, Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs / gmail.com> wrote: > > One-Click Ruby Installer 184-16 preview1 is available! > > > > *NOTE* Please wait for the RubyForge mirrors to synchronize before > > trying to download. > > > > *WARNING* This preview release for Windows is incomplete. Please read > > below to find out what is missing, and don't install this if that is > > not usable for you. > > > > This is a preview release of the One-Click installer for Ruby version > > 1.8.4. It should be usable for most people, but it is missing a few > > things that will be fixed before the final release: > > > > - DBI: (database interface library) is not included. > > > > - XMLParser: This C-based XML parser (which is an > > interface to the Expat parser) is not included > > (REXML, the pure Ruby XML parser, *is* included). > > > > - If you levave "Enable RubyGems" selected, the RUBYOPT > > environment variable is set to "rubygem" instead of > > having having "rubygems" added to the RUBYOPT value > > (similarly, uninstalling, deletes the RUBYOPT env. > > variable). > > > > - Uninstalling does not remove the start menu items. > > > > ================= > > > > Starting with this release, I have completely rewritten the build > > system for the One-Click Installer while I repeated the mantra: > > simplify, simplify, simplify... This should make it easier to release > > future versions of the One-Click installer more quickly. Of course, > > its possible that this could introduce new problems, so please report > > them here: > > > > http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group_id=167&atid=715 > > > > Of course, the big change for this release is that it uses Ruby 1.8.4. > > The One-Click installer is now uses ruby-mswin32 and adds additional > > extentions and applications. This means that all extension provided by > > ruby-mswin32 are in the One-Click Installer. You can read about > > ruby-mswin32 here: > > > > http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/ > > > > Everything has been compiled with MS VC++ 6.0. > > > > Here are some other notable changes: > > > > * The SciTE code editor has been replaced by Notepad++. Both > > are based on the Scintilla code editor component, but Notepad++ > > is a little more full featured and supports editing multiple > > files in separate tabs. > > > > * FreeRIDE (the Free Ruby IDE) has been updated to 0.9.5 and now > > features real project support. > > > > * FXRuby has been upgraded to 1.4.3 (final release will include > > 1.4.4). This also, still includes FXRuby 1.2.6 for those programs > > that still require the older version. Both are included as > > preinstalled RubyGems. > > > > Below are the release notes. > > > > ====================================== > > > > > > Ruby Installer for Windows > > Ruby Version 1.8.4 > > Installer Version 184-16 > > ------------------------------ > > RELEASE NOTES > > ------------------------------ > > > > Contents: Version: > > -------- -------- > > > > ruby-mswin32 1.8.4 > > zlib-lib 1.2.1 > > ZLib 0.6.0 > > RubyGems 0.8.11 > > Rake 0.7.0 > > RubySrc 1.8.4 > > FXRuby 1.2.6 > > FXri 0.3.2 > > FreeRIDE 0.9.5 > > Notepad++ 3.4 > > FXRuby 1.4.3 > > OpenGL 0.23b > > GLUT 3.7.6 > > SWin 040314 > > VRuby 040306 > > Expat 1.95.8 > > HTMLParser 19990912p2 > > log4r 1.0.5 > > Programming Ruby 1st Edition > > OpenSSL 0.9.7b-1 > > Iconv 1.8 > > readline 4.3-2 > > PDCurses 2.60-1 > > GDBM 1.8.3-1 > > Installer-Patches 1.8.4 > > > > > > 1. You can install overtop of an existing installation that has > > the same Ruby major version number (e.g., 1.6). Installations > > up to and including 1.6.5-1 can only be uninstalled. All versions > > can co-exist peacefully (DLL's willing) in separate directories. > > > > 2. This version was compiled using Microsoft Visual C++, not Cygwin. > > As a result, some I/O functionality -- particularly those involving > > the Unix fork() system call and pipes -- will not work. The benefit > > of using MSVC is to have a more stable and reliable version of Ruby. > > > > > > Reporting Bugs > > -------------- > > > > Bugs in Ruby itself should be e-mailed to ruby-bugs / ruby-lang.org. > > > > Bugs in the installer should be reported at: > > > > http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=715&group_id=167&func=browse > > > > Make sure your problem has not already been reported, then click > > on "Submit New" to create a new bug report. > > > > > > Disclaimer > > ---------- > > > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR > > IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED > > WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > > PURPOSE. > > > > > > Credits: > > -------- > > > > Yukihiro Matsumoto, a.k.a Matz <matz / netlab.co.jp> created > > Ruby in the first place. > > > > Andy Hunt <andy / pragmaticprogrammer.com> did the original packaging > > of this installer using the Nullsoft installer (www.nullsoft.com). > > > > Curt Hibbs <curt / hibbs.com> has been maintaining the one-click > > installer since it moved to RubyForge.org in early 2004. > > > > Dave Thomas <dave / pragmaticprogrammer.com> translated > > the original LaTeX of "Programming Ruby" into XML > > and arranged its release under the Open Publication License. > > > > Bernard DelmñÆ <bdelmee / advalvas.be> created the Windows Help > > version of our "Programming Ruby" book. > > > > Martin Ankerl <martin.ankerl / gmail.com> created fxri, a GUI > > interface to the ri documentation database. > > > > Martin DeMello <martindemello / yahoo.com> created fxirb, a GUI > > version of Ruby's console based irb (interactive ruby). fxirb > > is incorporated into Martin Ankerl's fxri. > > > > Lyle Johnson <ljohnson / resgen.com> ported and provides the > > FXRuby GUI extension. > > >