I use a script called RailsReady, which sets up a fresh OSX/Ubuntu/CentOS installation with Homebrew, RVM, Ruby, all supporting libraries, Bundler, Passenger, Rails, Git.
https://github.com/joshfng/railsready I've used it > 100 times, and it has never given me a problem. -- Dheeraj Kumar On Sunday, 29 December 2013 at 11:14 am, Scott Eisenberg wrote: > More: followed http://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/13.10 (using the choice of > rvm) > > Worked like charm. As they say, do that! > > Note: Don’t install apt-get ruby or apt-get rails as they will get you older > versions. The rails version is 2.3 which is REALLY old. Follow the guide. > > Then make an app. Do: rails new test1 > > It will create an app and then run bundle install. This came back with an > error telling me I had to install a certain gem. Do what it says and install > it (it gives the command line) and then bundle install again. Had to do this > about 3 times. > > Finally when you get a clean bundle, run: rails s to start a server. Point > the browser to http://0.0.0.0:3000 and see it’s working > > > > And as you can see from my previous post’s timestamp, this only took about 40 > minutes to go from nothing to (i) completely new install of Ubuntu to (ii) > ruby/rails installed with (iii) a basic app > > > > On Dec 29, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Scott Eisenberg <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > Let me re-phrase that, Parallels is downloading 13.04 desktop so let’s work > > with that version, shall we? > > > > On Dec 29, 2013, at 12:02 AM, Scott Eisenberg <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > I’m on Macs and I found it pretty easy to set up. I remember in the > > > beginning some version hell with the various Gems but that seems to have > > > settled down for me. > > > > > > Maybe I can install a Ubuntu on Parallels on the Mac and see if we can > > > guide you through this (assuming I can get it to work on Ubuntu). > > > > > > What version of Ubuntu are you working with? > > > > > > > > > On Dec 25, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Dan Boyle <[email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > I have spent hours trying to get some version of Rails installed and > > > > all to no avail. It seems there are many people who get the same errors > > > > but nobody seems to have any answers. > > > > > > > > I am new to both Rails and Ubuntu. This is where I am trying to set it > > > > up. > > > > > > > > Most recently I went to rubyonrails.org (http://rubyonrails.org/) and > > > > it suggests to use Rails 4.0 and Ruby 2.1 and to use rbenv to install > > > > rather than RVM. > > > > > > > > It says it installed it but then it doesn't work. > > > > > > > > When I type: ruby -v > > > > > > > > I get... > > > > > > > > rbenv: ruby: command not found > > > > > > > > The `ruby' command exists in these Ruby versions: > > > > 2.1.0 > > > > > > > > What is this telling me? It says it isn't found and that it does > > > > exist. Huh? > > > > > > > > Why is this so difficult? Any insights to help me get my head around > > > > all of this would be most welcomed. > > > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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] > > > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/6b6b5791-b887-4ed5-a9a8-dc732e3f2d97%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/1D12B7F3-BF9C-437E-B919-12DE58BF015D%40btrtrucks.com. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > > 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] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/FD8ECECB-0135-40D8-97E1-8E7A842DB929%40btrtrucks.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/6C8061DD-1CF2-4018-83B4-2E06736E4707%40btrtrucks.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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