Download Instructions Unnecessarily Complicated, Probably Wrong for Ruby 1.9+

rubyonrails-talk
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I downloaded Rails 3 this weekend. I've used Rails 2 before, but this will be my first Rails 3 project.

I'm not sure if it matters, but I was using a Win7 machine which did not previously have Ruby installed.

The instructions here http://rubyonrails.org/download say:

1. Download + install Ruby. 2. Download + install gems. 3. gem install rails.

(1) worked fine. I chose Ruby 1.9.2. (2) failed, perhaps because current Ruby already has gems. Once I figured out that it didn't matter that (2) didn't work, (3) worked fine.

As this is somewhat confusing, I'd like to suggest that http://rubyonrails.org/download be updated to note that installing gems is unnecessary with current Ruby.

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The instructions here http://rubyonrails.org/download say: 1. Download + install Ruby. 2. Download + install gems. 3. gem install rails.

(1) worked fine. I chose Ruby 1.9.2. (2) failed, perhaps because current Ruby already has gems. Once I figured out that it didn't matter that (2) didn't work, (3) worked fine.

I'm guessing 2 must have worked in some manner, as the command "gem install rails" is calling RubyGems.

Best Wishes, Peter

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Well, yes, gem install requires RubyGems. But Ruby 1.9+ includes RubyGems, AFAIK. No separate installation for gems should be required.

-Craig

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Hi, what about asking or suggesting it in Rails Core mailing list? I'm sure they have official answer or they can change the note there. Anyway with Ruby1.9 you got Gems installed, but not in earlier versions, this is why the note is still there.

Best Regards, gezope

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I can try that.

-Craig