On 9 August 2010 10:34, Chris Mear <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Also, that is a *very* old version of RubyGems -- this must be an old tutorial. If you're trying to use the latest Rails gems with this, you'll likely run into trouble. I strongly recommend you use the latest version of RubyGems instead (1.3.7 at time of writing); you can download it from here: http://rubygems.org/pages/download 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.
