Skeets wrote: > hi all, > > i have successfully installed gems on my winxp box. when i type in > gems -v(or is it --version, i can't recall off hand) i get back the > current version (i think it is version 0.9). so far, so good. > > however, when i fire up irb and try to > > include 'rubygems' > > false is returned. > > what am i doing wrong? > > tia... > > > Don't you mean "require 'rubygems'"? The "require" method causes a file to be loaded. The "include" method adds a module's constants, methods and module variables into the current module.