Travis D Warlick Jr wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wes Gamble wrote: >> I am currently on Ruby 1.8.4 on Windows XP. >> >> I'd like to move to 1.8.6 - do I need to reinstall all of my gems or is >> there a way for me to move them to my new 1.8.6 installation? > > In my upgrades, I upgrade Ruby, then run > > gem update -y > > Your gems are separate from your ruby install, so all your gems will stay put. Are you sure? I haven't installed on windows in a while, but last I recall, if you used the packaged (i.e. "1-click") installer, it deleted the entire existing Ruby install, gems and all. James