Comments on: Setting up a Windows Ruby on Rails Environment

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Heya…

Love that google, great site. Take care….

By: Frank Kim

Frank Kim — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:28:17 +0000

I have uploaded my gemhelp.cmd file to this site and made it available via a link on this post.

By: Lloyd Sakazaki

Lloyd Sakazaki — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:33:19 +0000

I’m trying to install Rails. After installing Ruby 1.8.2-15, I attempt to open RubyGems Package Manager but get the error, “can’t find gemhelp.cmd.” You mention that one fix is to “create the gemhelp.cmd file which has only one line in it, cmd /k gem.” Could you please let me know how to create this file? Thanks.

By: Dave Burt

Dave Burt — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:40:42 +0000

An update to the update: my iconv package link _does_ still work. This server has about 95% uptime, so if you can’t connect, wait 10 minutes and try again.

In any case, the preferred option is to install the latest Ruby, 1.8.4, and avoid the need to get iconv separately.

By: Dave Burt

Dave Burt — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:43:05 +0000

Hi. Great article!

I’d just like to point out that the latest One-Click Installer (1.8.4) obviates the need to install Iconv separately — it comes with it!

Happy Rubying