Hello,

I'd like to update the version of Ruby I have on this Windows box
(installed using the One Click installer), which is currently at 1.8.6
(2007-03-13 patchlevel 0). I'll use either the p111 version of the One
Click installer, or the patched version offered by Mike Hodgson at
http://www.mikehodgson.com/ruby186-27-mkh.exe

However, the first step to installing the update is to uninstall the
current version. Will that nuke all of the installed gems I currently
have? How can I preserve my gems (currently 80!)

Thanks!

John
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On Aug 6, 3:13=A0pm, "John T." <joh...@charter.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to update the version of Ruby I have on this Windows box
> (installed using the One Click installer), which is currently at 1.8.6
> (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0). I'll use either the p111 version of the One
> Click installer, or the patched version offered by Mike Hodgson athttp://=
www.mikehodgson.com/ruby186-27-mkh.exe
>
> However, the first step to installing the update is to uninstall the
> current version. Will that nuke all of the installed gems I currently
> have? How can I preserve my gems (currently 80!)
>
> Thanks!
>

Inside your installation of One-Click Installer, there is a gems
folder:

Example for ruby installed in C:/Ruby

C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

1) Use Explorer to browse to that folder and copy it's contents into a
safe place.

2) Uninstall current One-Click Installer

3) Installer newer version (you pick one, I suggest stick to 1.8.6
with patches).

4) Copy back your contents in the same folder.

5) Done.

It should work, verify it for your self :-D

HTH,
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Luis Lavena

Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Aug 6, 3:13�pm, "John T." <joh...@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> 

> 
> It should work, verify it for your self :-D
> 
> HTH,


I'll give it a try. One thing I realized/noticed, the individual 
commands for some of the gems ('rails', 'capify', 'autotest', etc') live 
in c:\ruby\bin. I'll make a backup of that too! (and keep a list of my 
installed gems... just in case!)

Thanks
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John T. wrote:

> I'll give it a try. One thing I realized/noticed, the individual 
> commands for some of the gems ('rails', 'capify', 'autotest', etc') live 
> in c:\ruby\bin. I'll make a backup of that too! (and keep a list of my 
> installed gems... just in case!)
> 
> Thanks

Just for future reference. I did save a copy of the c:\ruby\bin and the 
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 directories. Good thing I saved the bin 
directory! After uninstalling, the whole c:\ruby directory was gone. 
After reinstalling, I hand copied the missing files from my back up of 
c:\ruby\bin to the newly created one, and just replaces the whole 
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 with the backup. Everything seems to be 
working fine!

Thanks!
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