Ruby (on Rails) Installation on Windows

Most of the material in this tutorial comes from two places: How to Install Ruby on Windows, and Windows Success Stories in Rails.

Ruby installation is extremely simple on Windows, thanks to the Nullsoft installer. The installer copies the Ruby binaries to a path of your choice and adds the bin directory to your PATH.

1. Download the Ruby Installer.
2. Execute the installer, using c:\ruby\%RUBY_VERSION% as the installation folder. Replace %RUBY_VERSION% with the actual version you downloaded.
3. Uncheck the SciTE editor. It's only there so that it can be used in the Camtasia video demos. You may also want to uncheck the FOX GUI and Tcl components.
4. Leave RubyGems checked. We'll use the gem package manager to install rails.
5. Open a DOS console after the installation completes. You may be asked to restart. Open the DOS window after restarting, if required.
6. Install rails,
   
gem install rails


When setting up applications in development, remember how to configure rails in a subdirectory.