They probably just didn't update that page since 1.8.5 recently came out. I'm running 1.8.5 with Rails 1.1.6 fine. On Sep 16, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Collin Miller wrote: > On 9/16/06, Victor Reyes <victor.reyes / gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Forum, >> I would like to play and learn Rails with Ruby >> I heard of the so called Ruby on Rails. >> I recently purchased two ruby/rail books: Rails Recipes (Pragmatic >> Programmers) and Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails >> Developers. >> >> I installed Ruby 1.8.5 under Windows/XP and under AIX 5.3. >> However, I now >> would like to installed Rails. >> The problem is that I am not sure if the current version of Rails >> (whatever >> that is) is compatible with Ruby 1.8.5. >> Can anyone tell me the best approach to combine Ruby and Rails >> together? >> Is there a one-click installer of both? >> >> Thank you > > > > From RubyonRails.org: > > We recommend Ruby 1.8.4 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.2 is fine too, > but > version 1.8.3 is not. > > Should probably stick with1.8.4 for now. > > Install RubyGems http://docs.rubygems.org/ --> download and run " ruby > setup.rb " > > Then run " gem install rails " > > This will give you the latest build. " gem update rails " will > update to the > latest build > > This should get you set up.