On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:03 PM, squashua <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI Conrad, > > Unsure if I'm supposed to reply to you or the group or both (shows how > much of a newbie I am). Please let me know if I should just reply to > the group in the future...Here's what I posted to the group: Please always post to the group so that others can follow the thread unless someone says otherwise. > > > Thanks Conrad, > > So, for example. > but > 1.I downloaded Ruby and stored on my C drive > OK > > 2.then I downloaded RubyGems. I tried using the command line to > extract Gems (per instructions: ruby setup.rb) but that didn't work. I > seem to have problems with command line btw. No matter, I found the > RubyGems.exe file and ran it by double clicking. Ok so far, I think. > OK > > 3. Instructions state to install rails via command line with "gem > install rails" (I'm within the Ruby directory cuz that's where gem is > stored) but I get an error message that says: "gem is not recognized > as an internal or external command, operable program or batch > file"...still no matter (perhaps) because I saw that something already > loaded rails into another directory > ...so to this point the installation is not going according to RoR's > download instructions > Now, you'll need to add the parent directory ruby.exe and gem.exe to your PATH. For now, you can go to the location gem.exe and perform the following to install the current version of rails. gem install rails or gem.exe install rails > > 4. assuming that I have Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails, it appears to me I > should move onto the next step: creating an application skeleton. but > I don't understand what i'm supposed to do with the instructions: > > rails path/to/your/new/application > The above command creates a rails application. > > cd path/to/your/new/application > The above command changes your current directory to the root of the rails application you created in the previous step. > > ruby script/server > The above command starts the web server. > What is that command doing? What's my new application? Is there an > example of path/to/your/new/application is supposed to look like or am > I suppsed to type exactly what's above (which doesn't seem right to > me)? > Please see my above comments. Also, I would recommend completing the following tutorial starting with step 3.2: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started_with_rails.html > > ...so that's as far as I've gotten. At this point I don't know if > steps 2 and 3 were successful and I don't feel I'm ready for step 4. > I've found this process confusing and would like to give the site's > content manager some feedback that there could be more helpful > instructions (for me, at least). : ) > > Thanks! > > Squashua > > On Jan 3, 3:17 am, "Conrad Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:46 PM, squashua <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I'm a newbie who's tried over a half dozen times now to install the > > > full Ruby and All-in-One RoR app for my Windows XP machine. > > > Frustratingly, I haven't been able to ever correctly get the programs > > > to load and work. I've tried the RoR site, youtube tutorials, and > > > other assorted websites for an easy to follow and ACCURATE > > > description. Often times the problem is in getting gem to load, or > > > getting the application to work, or other assorted problems that a > > > newbie like myself might not be able to troubleshoot. I've also tried > > > connecting to the RoR community using the IRC but to no avail. Should > > > I just quit before ever having really begun? I'm stubborn so I'll > > > probably keep at it, but I'd love to hear of any good resources if you > > > know of any. > > > > Hi, you'll need to much more detail about the issues that you're having > > for people of this group to better assist you. For example, when you > > try install Ruby and/or All-in-One RoR app, what steps have you taken > > and what issues/errors are you seeing? > > > > -Conrad > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
