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@@ -84,21 +84,25 @@ Open up a command line prompt. On Mac OS X open Terminal.app, on Windows choose
dollar sign `$` should be run in the command line. Verify that you have a
current version of Ruby installed:
+TIP. A number of tools exist to help you quickly install Ruby and Ruby
+on Rails on your system. Windows users can use [Rails Installer](http://railsinstaller.org),
+while Mac OS X users can use [Rails One Click](http://railsoneclick.com).
+
```bash
$ ruby -v
ruby 2.0.0p353
```
+If you don't have Ruby installed have a look at
+[ruby-lang.org](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) for possible ways to
+install Ruby on your platform.
+
To install Rails, use the `gem install` command provided by RubyGems:
```bash
$ gem install rails
```
-TIP. A number of tools exist to help you quickly install Ruby and Ruby
-on Rails on your system. Windows users can use [Rails Installer](http://railsinstaller.org),
-while Mac OS X users can use [Rails One Click](http://railsoneclick.com).
-
To verify that you have everything installed correctly, you should be able to
run the following: