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Hi, Do I really have to install ruby? I downloaded it, but can't find anything like install, setup or something like this. Even the readme is not very helpful at all. And another question: for using Ruby - and therefore ConTeXt - do I need cygwin? Regards, Juergen
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Goebel, Juergen wrote:
Hi,
Do I really have to install ruby? I downloaded it, but can't find anything like install, setup or something like this. Even the readme is not very helpful at all. And another question: for using Ruby - and therefore ConTeXt - do I need cygwin?
no, try to avoid cygwin just download ruby (mswin version), unzip/install it in say c:\ruby and then add c:\ruby\bin to your windows path ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Goebel, Juergen wrote:
Hi,
Do I really have to install ruby? I downloaded it, but can't find anything like install, setup or something like this.
There are two alternatives for installing ruby. Take this one: http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstaller
Even the readme is not very helpful at all. And another question: for using Ruby - and therefore ConTeXt - do I need cygwin?
No. It does more harm than good. Mojca
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Mojca Miklavec wrote:
There are two alternatives for installing ruby. Take this one: http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstaller
Thanks, I'll give it a try (installation is already running). Juergen
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Goebel, Juergen
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Hans Hagen
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Mojca Miklavec