On Saturday, July 27, 2013 1:51:30 PM UTC-5, JL wrote: > Is it possible to run Ruby and Rails on Mac OS X off of a local folder > (without local or system install using RVM, Homebrew, etc.) > > Similar to the way one can copy/paste Java installation directory and just > run off of it with no dependencies, I'd like to do the same with Ruby/Rails. > > The goal is to be able to connect a USB drive to someone's Mac OS X, open > terminal, and demo an application (execute "rails server" from the mounted > USB drive) without having to install/compile anything. > > Possible? >
Yes it is possible. It will take some work though since you don't know what environment you will be plugging that USB drive into. I would suggest starting with this thread from Stack Overflow. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/452175/is-there-a-self-contained-ruby-and-rails-solution-that-can-be-run-from-a-flash -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/0a070ced-853f-400a-a32e-a11d11aaa9c6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
