- Download the ruby bindings (svn-win32-1.y.z_rb.zip) from the svn site
- From the zip - copy ruby\lib\svn into c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\svn
- From the zip – copy ruby\ext\svn\ext into c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\svn\ext
- copy libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll from your subversion 1.5 directory into c:\ruby\bin
- run irb and test with: require ‘svn/core’