From: Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@...>
Date: 2006-07-04T03:59:15+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Ruby Installer can run in upgrade mode?

Thanks a lot to both answers.

./alex
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On 7/3/06, James Britt <james.britt@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have a couple of gems installed by the InstantRails installer (and
> > hacked according to
> > http://themindstorms.blogspot.com/2006/06/instantrails-using-existing.html).
> >
> > I am wondering if now that the RC3 is out (and I would definitely like
> > to upgrade), than what are the steps that I must perform. I see 2
> > possible options:
> >
> > 1/ the clean scenario
> > - uninstall previous version
> > - install new one
> > - install old gems (if I can remember which one; is there a away to
> > know which gems are installed on my system?)
>
> You will also have to look after any additional libraries not installed
> via rubygems (such as with install.rb)
>
>
> >
> > 2/ upgrade scenario
> > - install the new one-click ruby installer over the old one
> >
> > I guess the first scenario is the recommended one, but than is there a
> > way to have a list of the gems I have installed so that I can install
> > them back?
> >
>
>   gem list
>
>
> --
> James Britt
>
> "In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly
>   universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by
>   uncertainty cannot be the truth."
>   - R. Feynman
>
>