Create rails app fails

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi there, so I decided to go ahead and go through Rolling With Ruby on Rails, the updated version. I got InstantRails installed and pulled the cookbook up, so it all seems to be working. However, when I navigate to

C:\InstantRails\rails_apps

and do

rails cookbook2

I get the error:

'rails' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Looking at the instant rails console, it says that apache is running/ started and mySQL says its "pending"

Is there something else I have to do to get started?

2

It appears as though the rails command is not in your path. Google for "adding a path in windows".

3

Ok, possibly the problem was I had installed Ruby first by itself, then it looks like Instant Rails installs it too. I uninstalled c: \ruby, which leaves the other install at c:\InstantRails\ruby, and I changed the Windows path accordingly. But when I do ruby -v it does not see it...

4

nevermind - somehow I got it to recognize the right directory and now it works...thanks.

5

It may be preferable to use Ruby 1.8.6 and build instead of relying on instant rails. Instant rails is great package but doing it raw gives more control

6

Pixelmech wrote:

Hi there, so I decided to go ahead and go through Rolling With Ruby on Rails, the updated version. I got InstantRails installed and pulled the cookbook up, so it all seems to be working. However, when I navigate to

C:\InstantRails\rails_apps

and do

rails cookbook2

I get the error:

'rails' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Looking at the instant rails console, it says that apache is running/ started and mySQL says its "pending"

Is there something else I have to do to get started?

Make sure you use the command line tool from within InstantRails. Its under Rails Application on the I menu. It adds all the necessary paths.