Warren Pollans wrote in "[OT] running watir in a VM":
> This about installing & running watir - part 2  :-)
>
> Instead of dual-booting XP and linux, I now realize that I could run
> XP, and therefore watir, out of a virtual machine via VMWare under
> linux.  This would probably be more useful for me since the only reason
> for me to have XP is to run watir - I'd use watir more if I didn't have
> to reboot to get to it.
>
> QUESTION:  Is anyone using watir in a setup like this?  XP installed in
> a VM using VMWare under fedora 3 or 4?

You will have no problems with that setup - it'll be just like the real thing.

>> I'd like to use the latest and greatest version of watir.

You can grab that from the "Download tarball" link from the bottom of this page:
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/watir/?cvsroot=wtr

>> QUESTION:  If I use the development version, can I revert to a more
>> stable version if there is a problem?  Would it just be a question of
>> replacing some modules?  Where would I get the development version?
>> CAUTION:  I know ruby, but I'm barely literate when it comes to
>> windows.

Unzip the dev version to a separate location in your Windows directory 
heirarchy.

Cheers,
Dave 

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