On 9 August 2010 04:53, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > I am running windows vista on my laptop. i installed virtual machine > and virtual rails and am using linux mint. after the installation i > followed a tutorial which had me do the following: > > 1. Log in and open a terminal if you need to. First we'll install Ruby > 1.8 and Ruby's development libraries. We'll also install IRB, which is > quite useful while trying Ruby programming. > sudo apt-get install ruby ruby1.8-dev irb > > > You will be prompted for your password so be sure to get it right! > 2. Now that Ruby's installed, let's install SQLite 3. SQLite is a > lightweight, file-based database that's good for development. Feel > free to use another database here if you'd like, such as MySQL or > PostgreSQL. > sudo apt-get install sqlite3 > > both these installations were succesful. I tried following the 3rd > installation but I could not find the exe. file to open and install > rails > > > 3. Now let's start installing Rails. First you'll need RubyGems. > Download it this way: > > wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5 … 0.8.11.tgz > > 4. Now unpack the RubyGems package: > > tar -zxvf rubygems-0.8.11.tgz
There is no .exe installer. The .tgz file is like a .zip file, and it just contains the source code for RubyGems. The tutorial should give you instructions on how to then install that source code to your system; it'll look something like: $ cd rubygems-0.8.11 $ sudo ruby setup.rb Chris -- 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.
