On Aug 3, 10:06 ¨Βν¬ Γαμφιξ Ξηυωεξ ΌγαμφιξΉΈ®®®ΐωαθοο®γονχςοτεΊ
> Hi, I am looking for some guidance on the correct and/or most
> streamlined way to upgrade Ruby. Presently I am on Ruby version 1.8.6
> patch level 111.  ¨Β αν μοολιξτο υπηςαδτο φεςσιο±®Έ®πατγμεφε> 287.  ¨Βθετςιεδοχξμοαδιξτθςυβω­±®Έ®¶­π²Έ·­ι³Έ¶­νσχιξ³²®ϊιπ ζιμε
> I unzipped it and was optmistically hoping that i could take all of its
> files and overlay my current installation.  ¨Βθεγθεγλετθςαιμ> version with (rails -v), I get the following error:
> [...]

Please read the note added to Ruby-lang website:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads

"Please note that some of the above binaries will require manual
download and installation of additional components detailed on this
page. Please ensure youΓΧe followed/performed these steps prior
reporting a bug.

The One-Click Installer does not require these additional tasks."

The page it mention is this:

http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/documents/install.html

You can also, of course, play out with upcoming One-Click Installer:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3/

And read more about it here:

http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/

HTH,
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Luis Lavena