Tons of exciting new and exciting features are now available as a part of Rails 1.1, which was released today. But to get up and running, I needed to upgrade from Ruby 1.8.2 to 1.8.4 before doing so. On Windows it’s pretty simple:
1. Download and install the one click installer. The release notes indicate you can install on top of an existing version of the same major version number:
You can install overtop of an existing installation that has
the same Ruby major version number (e.g., 1.6). Installations
up to and including 1.6.5-1 can only be uninstalled. All versions
can co-exist peacefully (DLL’s willing) in separate directories.
2. Upgrade to Rails version 1.1 by running the follwoing commands
- gem install rails –include-dependencies
3. You also need to update the javascripts with:
- rake rails:update
(Bear in mind that this command is run inside your rails application.)