How to update rails offline?

Question

Is there a way to update Rails in a pc without internet connection?

It has Windows XP, if that matter.

Um, where else could it get the updates? Somewhere you're going to need the internet. — geowa4, May 20 '09 at 03:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

You can download the necessary gems from a computer with internet access, transfer these to the computer you wish to update, and use gem install ... to install them.

There are instructions here: How to install Ruby on Rails on a windows PC

Another option might be to run Rails off a portable external hard drive (or flash drive) that can be moved from one PC to another. There are a couple of packages, Instant Rails, and Flash Rails, that allow you to have a portable version of Rails on Windows. Unfortunately they are both a bit out of date as far as Rails versions, so you'll still have some upgrading to do once you install them. See Portable Ruby on Rails environment.

How to update rails offline?

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