From: "Bob P." <rgplantz@...>
Date: 2011-02-27T13:13:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows 7 64-bit install

Phillip Gawlowski wrote in post #984182:

>
> Unless you want to set the path and the file associations by hand, you
> can use the RubyInstaller just fine. Given your background, I feel
> silly pointing out that "64 bit" means the CPU. Windows is fully
> capable of running 32 bit applications on a 64 bit OS (it's 16 bit
> applications that won't work, but they won't work on any other OS,
> too; it's a hardware 'limitation').

Yes, I knew that Windows would run 32-bit applications, but I specified
that I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 in case there are both a 32-bit and
64-bit version of Ruby's various files, etc. that I needed to know
about. I have run into several such problems running 64-bit Linux.

>
>> If I do a "manual" install, what is the usual $TOPDIR in Windows 7?
>
> Whatever suits you best. C:\Ruby is the canonical installation
> directory for the RubyInstaller.
>
>
> You'll get a rather rough experience with Ruby on Windows, since the
> Ruby community is quite *NIX centric. That said, the RubyInstaller's
> DevKit takes away a *lot* of the hurt, since it provides a compiler
> toolchain (on demand, even!) similar to *NIX.
>
> Given that you are new to Windows, I'd simply use the RubyInstaller.
> It sets everything that needs to be set, and you are good to go from
> the command line. BTW: If you are used to *NIX-like command lines, use
> PowerShell. It follows many of the usual *NIX conventions, and has
> aliases corresponding to common *NIX tools (ls, grep, more, less). I
> have no idea if it is included in whatever edition of Windows 7 you
> are using, but it's available here:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd742419.aspx
>

Thank you very much, Phillip. This is exactly the advice I was looking
for.

--Bob

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