From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-11-29T17:51:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Installation Issues on School Network

Brett Davies wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install Ruby on a number of machines in a networked
> achool environmnent. The installation appears to go well yet on
> attempting to use Ruby it doesnt. Its like it has never been installed.
> The ruby folder is there, sitting at C:\ruby however using the command
> prompt I am met with a flat refusal to acknowledge that ruby exists on
> the machine. I am certain this is some kind of rights issue on the local
> machine which is quite restricted as it is a secondary school.
Does running c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe -v from the command line work (I think 
that's the correct path)?  If so, it's probably a paths issue - you need 
to ensure that c:\ruby\bin got added to the PATH environment variable by 
the installer; run echo %PATH% to see what your current setting is.

-- 
Alex