what's the easiest way for novice to install RoR

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hi,

i am fairly novice in RoR. Even i don't have clear idea of RoR. but i am highly interested to learn RoR. i have some experience in php (mostly windows environment). so far i understand, RoR is best with linux. well, i have fedora 10 installed. php,mysql and apache2 is also installed. i am able to browse a page http://localhost/test_script.php

in addition, in windows i use WAMP(Windows Apache MySql and PHP) which is really easy and install in one shot. now i am looking for equivalent of WAMP in fedora 10. i guess there are no tool in linux like WAMP. so, if i get an step by step instruction of "How to install RoR in Fedora 10" it shall feel lucky. please don't answer me to googled. because i already do that and make confused myself. you guys are expert. so please let me have the best link or guideline.

please note that, i am new in linux too. and i know where is the terminal in fedora 10 and some basic knowledge of file structures.

thanks Sumon

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Hi Sumon,

I recommend that you start in Windows (because that is your most familiar environment) using RubyStack:

http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack

RubyStack is like WAMP for Ruby. When you’re comfortable with it, switch to Linux because it will run much faster.

CmdJohnson

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Sumon <aminulsumon@gmail.com> writes:

in addition, in windows i use WAMP(Windows Apache MySql and PHP) which is really easy and install in one shot. now i am looking for equivalent of WAMP in fedora 10. i guess there are no tool in linux like WAMP.

Have you ever heard of LAMP?

so, if i get an step by step instruction of "How to install RoR in Fedora 10"

If you are lucky (you have choosen the development package collection), it may already be installed. open a console and try to enter 'rails', it may already be there.

Depending on what version of Fedora you use, there is a graphical package management application similar to "Add/Remove Programs" in windows (e.g. http://www.aravind.name/packagekit-fedora-9) use that tool to add 'ruby' and 'rubygems' then on a console run 'gem install rails'

Jarl

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download and install ubuntu from ubuntu.org

open Applications->Acccessories->Terminal and type

sudo apt-get install mysql sudo apt-get install ruby sudo apt-get install rubygems sudo gem install rails cd /var/www sudo chown $USER . rails mywebsite cd mywebsite script/server

click on the firefox icon in the top panel and enter http://localhost:3000

install netbeans for linux from netbeans.org to develop your website

regards damian

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I forgot something

also type in the terminal window after installing the rails gem

sudo gem install mysql

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Hi,

If you want to start in 1 minute with one click on Windows use InstantRails. You can also update rails to the latest release after using that installer.

That contains all you need, included webserver and db. One click.

http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?back=Instant+Rails

Cheers.

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7stud wrote:

I have the latest edition of AWDWR which is the 3rd edition, and it's the book linked to previously. This is what it says about installing on *Linux*:

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

7stud -- wrote: [...]

So I think the op needs to do 5 things:

1) install ruby

...which might already be installed

2) install sqlite3(preferred) or mysql

From what I can tell, sqlite is absolutely not "preferred".

Well, the rails developers switched the default database in rails from mysql to sqlite3, so someone prefers it.

Although I've never worked with it, I've seen a number of posts on this list that suggest that sqlite is not powerful enough for real development, let alone deployment.

Dave Thomas, Sam Ruby, and David Heinemeir Hansson(who created ruby on rails) have written a highly acclaimed 700 page book on developing with rails, AWDWR(3rd), and they use sqlite3 as the database for the whole book, so I think beginners should be able to get by. Personally, I would prefer to use mysql because that is what I'm familiar with, but I don't anticipate having any problems using sqlite3. In any case, it's easy enough to configure a rails app to use mysql or any other database.