Peek-a-Boo (Pik a Ruby)

I have seen so many people around talking about testing different Ruby versions in Linux and OS/X.

What about using different Ruby versions in Windows?

I have been doing the job manually since the beginning, but there is a cool alternative.

Pik

It is a Multi-Ruby Manager for Windows.

A clever solution and there is extremely simple to get it working.

Let’s see:

	Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
	(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
	C:\Documents and Settings\Ricardo>ruby -v
	ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32]
	C:\Documents and Settings\Ricardo>path
	PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;D:\Ruby19\bin;
	C:\Documents and Settings\Ricardo>d:
	D:\>cd ruby19
	D:\Ruby19>gem install pik
	----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	* If you're upgrading from a version <= 0.1.1, you'll want to delete the pik.bat file
	from all of your ruby versions. Gem uninstall should do the trick.
	* Install pik to a location that's in your path, but someplace other than your
	ruby\bin dir
	If you're upgrading from a more recent version, pik_install will overwrite the older files as needed.
	>path
	PATH=C:\tools\;C:\ruby\186-p368-mingw32\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS
	>pik_install C:\tools
	* If this is a first-time install, add all the versions of ruby that you want to use with pik
	>pik add
	Adding: 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2009-03-31 patchlevel 368) [i386-mingw32]
	Located at: c:/ruby/186-p368-mingw32/bin
	>pik add C:\ruby\IronRuby-091\bin
	Adding: 091: IronRuby 0.9.1.0 on .NET 2.0.0.0
	Located at: C:/ruby/IronRuby-091/bin
	>pik add C:\ruby\jruby-1.4.0RC1\bin
	Adding: 140: jruby 1.4.0RC1 (ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 174) (2009-09-30 80c263b) (Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.6.0_14) [x86-java]
	Located at: C:/ruby/jruby-1.4.0RC1/bin
	----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	Successfully installed highline-1.5.2
	Successfully installed pik-0.2.6
	2 gems installed
	Installing ri documentation for highline-1.5.2...
	Installing ri documentation for pik-0.2.6...
	Updating class cache with 1080 classes...
	Installing RDoc documentation for highline-1.5.2...
	Installing RDoc documentation for pik-0.2.6...
	Could not find main page README.rdoc
	D:\Ruby19>pik_install C:\WINDOWS\system32
	Thank you for using pik.
	Installing to C:\WINDOWS\system32
	cp D:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pik-0.2.6/bin/../tools/pik.bat C:\WINDOWS\system32
	mkdir -p C:\WINDOWS\system32/pik
	cp D:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pik-0.2.6/bin/../tools/pik/pik_runner.exe
	C:\WINDOWS\system32/pik
	pik is installed
	D:\Ruby19>pik list
	creating C:\Documents and Settings\Ricardo\.pik
	** Adding: 191: ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32]
	Located at: D:\Ruby19\bin
	191: ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32] *
	D:\Ruby19>cd..
	D:\>dir ruby*.
	Volume in drive D is Programas
	Volume Serial Number is 04F0-8E6D
	Directory of D:\
	28-Feb-2009 15:06 <DIR> Ruby186-111
	03-Jan-2009 09:33 <DIR> Ruby186-287
	29-May-2010 16:15 <DIR> Ruby186-398
	22-May-2010 20:15 <DIR> Ruby19
	0 File(s) 0 bytes
	4 Dir(s) 10,305,060,864 bytes free
	D:\>pik add d:\Ruby186-111\bin
	** Adding: 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
	Located at: d:\Ruby186-111\bin
	D:\>pik add d:\Ruby186-287\bin
	** Adding: 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
	Located at: d:\Ruby186-287\bin
	D:\>pik add d:\Ruby186-398\bin
	** Adding: 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-04 patchlevel 398) [i386-mingw32]
	Located at: d:\Ruby186-398\bin
	D:\>pik list
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-04 patchlevel 398) [i386-mingw32]
	191: ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32] *
	D:\>pik sw 186
	Select which Ruby you want:
	1. 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-04 patchlevel 398) [i386-mingw32]
	2. 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
	3. 186: ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
	? 2
	D:\>pik list
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32] *
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-04 patchlevel 398) [i386-mingw32]
	191: ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32]
	D:\>ruby -v
	ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
	D:\>path
	PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;d:\Ruby186-111\bin;
	D:\>pik sw 191
	D:\>path
	PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;D:\Ruby19\bin;
	D:\>pik list
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
	186: ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-04 patchlevel 398) [i386-mingw32]
	191: ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32] *
	D:\>

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