no need to configure anything, all the hard work has been done for you. take a look at railstutorial.org/book, that will get you started. mysql is already configured, you will just need to start the service, which is outlined on the virtual rails site.
Cheers, Jason On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > I have installed virtual machine and virtual rails on my laptop using > Linux mint. Im learning as I go. Everything I need comes with this > package : > > MySQL > Mongrel > Ruby1.8.7 > Mongo D.B. > Git 1.6.3.3 > Netbeans 6.8 > > so before I can run a rails application according to the tutorial I > need to configure a database and create a database. Is this correct?? > I tried apt-get install and gem install and they did not > work... > > if configuring and creating a database is the next step how do I go > about doing this? > > -- > 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.
