Asp Forum - newbie: quick question re: windows install

bill turner

6/6/2008 2:44:00 PM

I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
very first statement I encounter states "If you?re using Windows, open
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
appreciated!

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7 Answers

Gordon Thiesfeld

6/6/2008 3:09:00 PM

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, bill turner <bill.turner@changent.com> wrote:
> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
> very first statement I encounter states "If you're using Windows, open
> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
> appreciated!

Look in %path_to_ruby%\bin (the default is C:\ruby\bin). You should
see an fxri.bat in there. There is also a batch file for irb as well.
You would run irb.bat from inside cmd.exe. They are different
interfaces to the same interactive ruby tool. I prefer irb, because
fxri is slow to load, but the choice is yours.

Hope that helps,

Gordon

Luis Lavena

6/6/2008 3:10:00 PM

On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
> very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open
> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
> appreciated!
>

Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something
else).

Regards,
--
Luis Lavena

bill turner

6/6/2008 3:40:00 PM

okay. I'll create a folder in my start menu and put shortcuts in for
those two bat files.

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:08:48 -0500, Gordon Thiesfeld
<gthiesfeld@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, bill turner <bill.turner@changent.com> wrote:
>> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
>> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
>> very first statement I encounter states "If you're using Windows, open
>> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
>> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
>> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
>> appreciated!
>
>Look in %path_to_ruby%\bin (the default is C:\ruby\bin). You should
>see an fxri.bat in there. There is also a batch file for irb as well.
> You would run irb.bat from inside cmd.exe. They are different
>interfaces to the same interactive ruby tool. I prefer irb, because
>fxri is slow to load, but the choice is yours.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Gordon

Bill Turner

www.changent.com

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can?t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

bill turner

6/6/2008 3:44:00 PM

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena
<luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
>> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
>> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
>> very first statement I encounter states "If you?re using Windows, open
>> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
>> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
>> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
>> appreciated!
>>
>
>Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
>here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
>what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something
>else).
>
>Regards,

It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download
appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use
this).

I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
important downloads. I also ran as administrator.

I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.
Bill Turner

www.changent.com

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can?t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

Luis Lavena

6/7/2008 2:13:00 PM

On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena
>
>
>
> <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
> >> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
> >> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
> >> very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open
> >> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
> >> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
> >> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
> >> appreciated!
>
> >Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
> >here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
> >what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something
> >else).
>
> >Regards,
>
> It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download
> appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use
> this).
>

Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with
backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until
push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several
stuff at the same time is not good).

> I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
> important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
>

If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be
there, I just installed it to test and it worked.

> I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.
> Bill Turner
>

What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?

--
Luis Lavena

bill turner

6/12/2008 10:27:00 PM

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena
<luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena
>>
>>
>>
>> <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
>> >> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
>> >> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
>> >> very first statement I encounter states "If you?re using Windows, open
>> >> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
>> >> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
>> >> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
>> >> appreciated!
>>
>> >Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
>> >here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
>> >what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something
>> >else).
>>
>> >Regards,
>>
>> It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download
>> appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use
>> this).
>>
>
>Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with
>backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until
>push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several
>stuff at the same time is not good).
>
>> I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
>> important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
>>
>
>If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be
>there, I just installed it to test and it worked.
>
>> I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.
>> Bill Turner
>>
>
>What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?

American English.

Bill Turner

www.changent.com

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can?t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

bill turner

6/17/2008 2:14:00 PM

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena
<luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena
>>
>>
>>
>> <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner <bill.tur...@changent.com> wrote:
>> >> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
>> >> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The
>> >> very first statement I encounter states "If you?re using Windows, open
>> >> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
>> >> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
>> >> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
>> >> appreciated!
>>
>> >Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
>> >here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
>> >what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something
>> >else).
>>
>> >Regards,
>>
>> It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download
>> appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use
>> this).
>>
>
>Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with
>backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until
>push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several
>stuff at the same time is not good).
>
>> I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
>> important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
>>
>
>If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be
>there, I just installed it to test and it worked.
>
>> I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.
>> Bill Turner
>>
>
>What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?

I feel like such an idiot! I found it at the bottom of my unsorted
Start menu list. I had looked for it as if the list was sorted, and,
of course, it was not where I expected.

Sorry!

Bill Turner

www.changent.com

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can?t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

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