Rails - Jan 2011 - Download Instructions Unnecessarily Complicated, Probably Wrong for Ruby 1.9+

I downloaded Rails 3 this weekend. I''ve used Rails 2 before, but this
will be my first Rails 3 project.

I''m not sure if it matters, but I was using a Win7 machine which did
not previously have Ruby installed.

The instructions here http://rubyonrails.org/download say:

1. Download + install Ruby.
2. Download + install gems.
3. gem install rails.

(1) worked fine. I chose Ruby 1.9.2. (2) failed, perhaps because
current Ruby already has gems. Once I figured out that it didn''t
matter that (2) didn''t work, (3) worked fine.

As this is somewhat confusing, I''d like to suggest that
http://rubyonrails.org/download be updated to note that installing
gems is unnecessary with current Ruby.

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On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Craig Stuntz wrote:
> The instructions here http://rubyonrails.org/download say:
> 1. Download + install Ruby.
> 2. Download + install gems.
> 3. gem install rails.
> 
> (1) worked fine. I chose Ruby 1.9.2. (2) failed, perhaps because
> current Ruby already has gems. Once I figured out that it didn''t
> matter that (2) didn''t work, (3) worked fine.
I''m guessing 2 must have worked in some manner, as the command
"gem install rails" is calling RubyGems.

Best Wishes,
Peter
> 
> As this is somewhat confusing, I''d like to suggest that
> http://rubyonrails.org/download be updated to note that installing
> gems is unnecessary with current Ruby.
> 
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Well, yes, gem install requires RubyGems. But Ruby 1.9+ includes
RubyGems, AFAIK. No separate installation for gems should be required.

-Craig

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Hi,
what about asking or suggesting it in Rails Core mailing list? I''m
sure they have official answer or they can change the note there.
Anyway with Ruby1.9 you got Gems installed, but not in earlier
versions, this is why the note is still there.

Best Regards,
gezope

On jan. 18, 04:52, Craig Stuntz
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wrote:
> Well, yes, gem install requires RubyGems. But Ruby 1.9+ includes
> RubyGems, AFAIK. No separate installation for gems should be required.
>
> -Craig
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On Jan 18, 3:12 am, gezope
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> what about asking or suggesting it in Rails Core mailing list?
I can try that.

-Craig

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