you may want to look into using the Ruby Stack provided by BitNami, it simplifies the process when you are just starting out.
Jason On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > i am running windows vista and am working on the download of ruby and > rails......so heres what i just did ......I downloaded and installed > ruby 1.9.1-p429 > then I downloaded and installed rubygems 1.3.7 ......my next > question: would it be better to install rails through the command > line? or to download it as a standalone package? > > On Jul 20, 1:12 pm, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 20 July 2010 21:10, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ok so i know ruby code already and now that im ready to learn rails i > > > will need to install rubygems and rails to get started. is this > > > correct? > > > > Basically yes. Exactly how to do it depends on your OS. Try googling > > for install rails and your OS, or perhaps your OS has a wiki page or > > whatever to help you. > > > > Colin > > > > > > > > > On Jul 20, 12:52 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> On 20 Jul 2010, at 20:44, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > i am trying to install ruby on rails. is ruby gems the best way to > go > > >> > before installing rails since it is a package manager or do I need > to > > >> > install ruby 1.8.7? > > > > >> Rails does require rubygems. Whether or not you want ruby 1.8.7 is > entirely unrelated > > > > >> Fred > > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > > >> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- 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.
