> library and sat down to install it on my Ubuntu box. Immediately I hit > versioning issues. > > - I installed ruby with apt-get and it gave me 1.8.7. I'm cool with > this as I'm new to Ruby as well, and am ignorant to the differences > between versions.
1.8.7 is fine. > - Installed rubygems and I got 1.3.5. Again, I don't know the > difference Ubuntu (and Debian) have some issues with rubygems... try installing it directly... http://rubygems.org/ > - I ran 'sudo gem install rails', and it blew up on me, saying that I > needed rubygems 1.3.6 or higher. When I do a gem list, it shows > rails(3.0.0), which I hear just came out a week or two ago. Again, I > don't know the difference so that's why I'm here. The book I got from > the library is older(2007) and using Rails 1.2.3. Take the book back to the library. Things have changed enough that that book is just going to mess you up. > So my question is: what's the easiest way to get this setup? http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ > Is there a major difference between the versions of Rails, and if so, what is > it? Yes. Anything prior to 2.3.9 is old. Your choice right now is whether to go with 2.3.9 or 3.0.0. If you're just starting out on a small project, I'd probably go with 3.0.0 as that's where the future is going and enough has changed that you might as well start there. The only drawback is I don't think any books are out yet for 3.0, but there should be plenty of online articles... > Can someone point me in the right direction? I'd start with these two sites... http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ http://railscasts.com/ (look for 3.0 specific stuff) -philip -- 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.
