Simple instructions for Windows would look like this: *= Installation*
*== Download and Install Ruby* Download and install Ruby 1.8.7-p330 using the default settings from: http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/73719/rubyinstaller-1.8.7-p330.exe *== Check Version of RubyGems* >From a command prompt confirm which version of rubygems are installed: C:\>gem -v 1.3.7 Update rubygems if required: C:\>gem update Updating installed gems Nothing to update *== [Optional] Installing Behind Authenticating Proxy* If installing behind an authenticating proxy, first set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable: set HTTP_PROXY=http://username:passw...@your.proxy.com:80 *== Installing Watir 1.7.0* Install watir: C:\>gem install watir [Optional] You can install watir without RDoc and RI (slightly quicker) as follows: C:\>gem install watir --no-ri --no-rdoc *== Quick Shakeout Using IRB* C:\>irb require 'rubygems' require 'watir' browser = Watir::Browser.new browser.goto("http://bit.ly/watir-example";) Cheers, Tim On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Jarmo <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1.8.7 should be really okay and we should even recommend it although there's not any big differences between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 if i'm not mistaken. > Jarmo > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Tim Koopmans <tim.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think we should change this, given 1.8.6-26 recommended on the install instructions doesn't even have latesst version of rubygems which can cause confusion straight away. >> >> 1.8.7 seems to work well. Happy to document the steps on a work computer tomorrow .. >> >> Cheers, >> Tim >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> wrote: >>> >>> I know a lot of us are using Ruby 1.8.7, but our website still says we recommend Ruby 1.8.6. >>> >>> Are their known issues that affect some users on 1.8.7 or can we update the install instructions? >>> >>> Bret >>> >>> -- >>> Bret Pettichord >>> Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com >>> >>> Blog, www.testingwithvision.com >>> Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wtr-development mailing list >>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-development mailing list >> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development
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