Q. How do I install watir standalone?

Oct 7 08 under Altentee | 4 Comments

A previous post highlights some ways in which you can install watir from behind a proxy server via the command line.

This approach can be problematic when using authenticated proxy servers. The following file is a simple MSI which will install Watir 1.5.6 with its required dependencies. The pre-requisites for this MSI are:
1. Ruby 1.8.6 installed to c:\ruby
2. Windows XP SP2 (I have not tried this on Windows Vista)

Download MSI

Note: this is not the preferred way of installing Watir and as such I cannot offer any guarantees on its success.

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4 Responses to Q. How do I install watir standalone?

  1. blogging
    October 22, 2008 at 6:47 am

    great article, and great theme.

  3. ropata
    February 18, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    Hi Tim, thanks for this useful package, works! However there is a later version of Watir 1.6.2 out now. The OpenQA wiki now has some useful tips on getting past proxies: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Install+Watir

  4. Tim
    March 18, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    Hi Ropata, thanks for the update!

    I don’t use this package anymore. The best way to install behind an authenticating proxy (which is what originally stumped me) is to set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable:
    set HTTP_PROXY=http://user:password@proxy.local:80

    Then install gem normally
    gem install watir

    Cheers,
    Tim Koopmans