Watir 1.6 has been released.

To get the most recent version of watir, use gem install watir or download from Rubyforge.org.

The downloads listed below are out of date.

This release of Watir and FireWatir includes Browser.new, allowing you to specify whether your tests should use IE or Firefox at runtime. It is backwards compatable with previous versions.

To Install

1. We recommend using Ruby 1.8.6 (modal-dialogs are now supported with this version of Ruby)
2. Download all three gems: watir, firewatir, and commonwatir.
3. If using IE, it will add a "[1]" in the filenames, which will mess things up. You will need to edit the filenames after downloading to revert to the original names (otherwise they won't install correctly). Or just use Firefox.
4. Open a command prompt in the directory that you download the files to
5. Execute the following commands:
   > gem update --system
   > gem install watir
6. To enable FireWatir communicating with Firefox, JSSH needs to be installed. This is explained here: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FireWatir+Installation

This will install these gems, plus others that are required.

If you are on Linux or Mac, you can just type "gem install firewatir".

Version	Date	Gems
1.6.1	31 Oct 2008	commonwatir firewatir watir
1.6.0	29 Oct 2008	watir-common firewatir watir

Note: These gems depend on other gems, which you need internet access to get. If you are behind a firewall, you will need to
specify the HTTP_PROXY so that they will automatically be installed.

Note: Unit tests are currently broken and will not run from a gem. To run the unit tests, you will need to work out of trunk.

Watir 1.5 has been released

To install the latest version of watir simply type "gem install watir" at a command line (after installing Ruby).

You can also download the latest versions of Watir here

The Builds of Watir listed below are out of date.

Version Date Download Release Notes 1.5.1.1232 Aug 6, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1192 May 24, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1166 May 14, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1165 April 12, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1158 February 14, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1145 January 18, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1136 January 10, 2007 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1127 November 20, 2006 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1100 September 21, 2006 Gem Bonus-zip Notes 1.5.1.1081 September 4, 2006 Gem   1.5.1.1065 July 26, 2006 Gem   1.5.1.1054 July 14, 2006 Gem   1.5.1.1045 June 20, 2006 Gem   1.5.1.1037 June 13, 2006 Gem   1.5.1.1029 June 3, 2006 Gem   1.5.1.1017 May 24, 2006 Gem   1.5.0.974 May 2, 2006 Gem   1.5.0.945 March 29, 2006 Gem One-click   1.5.0.934 March 17, 2006 Gem One-click

To Install Is Watir 1.4.1 installed? If you have already installed Watir 1.4 using the one-click installer , you must first uninstall it. (Or just uninstall Ruby.) The uninstaller is in the Program Groups, not the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. The 1.4.1 gem, however, can coexist with 1.5 gems no problem. Install Ruby. Download the gem. Open a command window. cd to the directory where you downloaded the gem. type gem install --local watir You can also build and install the very latest version of Watir if you want to stay on the bleeding edge. Release Notes Look at the Subversion change log for details about builds for which release notes have not been provided.