Hi You can check out my blog post on this
http://saurabhbhatia.tumblr.com/post/604423794/install-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx For Installing a specific version of Rails do the following : sudo gem install -v=2.3.8 rails You can start learning it using http://guides.rubyonrails.org/index.html which covers Rails 2.3.8 Rails 3.0 is the current version of Rails. For getting started on it following are some links : http://www.rubyinside.com/rails-3-0-beta-links-2966.html http://railsnotes.com/rails-3/ Regards On Sep 13, 11:58 pm, Boosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I'm new to Rails, and I was hoping to get some advice on how to > get started. > > I'm coming from a .NET background, and from what I've seen of Rails, > it looks perfect for a little web idea I had. So I got a book from the > 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. > > - Installed rubygems and I got 1.3.5. Again, I don't know the > difference > > - 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. > > So my question is: what's the easiest way to get this setup? Is there > a major difference between the versions of Rails, and if so, what is > it? I just need a plain vanilla setup so I can learn about MVC and > such. This web app is pretty basic, I was just wanting some basic > ActiveRecord, a few Erb templates and a few dozen lines of ruby > business logic. > > Can someone point me in the right direction? -- 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.
