Rich d 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...
There shouldn't be anything to install; sounds like everything you need is already there. (That said, I'd urge you to try PostgreSQL instead of MySQL at some point.) > > if configuring and creating a database is the next step how do I go > about doing this? Doesn't the tutorial talk about rake db:create and things like that? If not, get a better tutorial. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
