RoR setup
Ruby, Ruby on Rails using RVM (Ruby Version Management)
More local notes about RVM
For Ubuntu 10.04
This is for Rails version 3 using Ruby version 1.9.2.
RVM
First install RVM (Ruby version manager). This will download the source and compile the necessary tools, and will also allow to switch between different versions, for example, ruby-1.8 and ruby-1.9.2.
sudo apt-get install curl git-core bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
RVM tells you to update your .bashrc. Add the following at the end of the file:
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
RVM is also concerned if you have any 'return' in your .bashrc script. Replace it using if and fi as in the RVM comments after its installation. Comment the first line below and add the second. Then acc fi at the end of the file.
# [ -z "$PS1" ] && return if [[ -n "$PS1" ]] ; then
Ruby
sudo apt-get install libruby1.8 zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline5-dev build-essential rvm install ruby-1.9.2 rvm use ruby-1.9.2 --default
Note, that Ruby 1.9.2 includes the ruby gems package installer.
Gems
You will likely need a database for your applications. Below is code for SQlite and Mysql, but you may have Postgress or some other options that need extra gems.
Note, no sudo for gems below.
SQLite3
sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev gem install sqlite3-ruby
MySQL
sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev gem install mysql
Rails
gem install rails
Test and Done
Test your installation by making a test application
rails new tetsApp cd testApp rails server
Now check the http://localhost:3000 in your browser. Rail on.
Links
- Here is a good first tutorial for the current Rails.
- A few other installation tutorials:
