Stefan Hinck
2010-Oct-29 21:04 UTC
Trying to work through update of Ruby and Install of Rails
Hello all Newb alert... I am trying to install Rails and also update ruby. I am running OSX and found that my Ruby version is 1.8.7 Where I am confused is that on the Rails site it mentions that Ruby comes with "Developer Tools" for Mac users... So I looked on the Apple site and read up a bit on this "developer tools" on their site and am a bit lost. Could someone please tell me if I need these tools or not? I see that its packed with stuff but I dont know what 85% of this stuff is... Im just tryin to get going. Any help appreciated! P.S. I was just going to use TextMate as my editor, though maybe I should be using this xCode? -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
James Byrne
2010-Oct-30 00:18 UTC
Re: Trying to work through update of Ruby and Install of Rails
Stefan Hinck wrote in post #958118:> Hello all > > Newb alert... > > I am trying to install Rails and also update ruby. > > I am running OSX and found that my Ruby version is 1.8.7 >> > P.S. I was just going to use TextMate as my editor, though maybe I > should be using this xCode?xCode is the Software Development Kit for OSX. It provides the compliers and necessary headers to successfully build software on a Mac. The package is about 800Mb last time I looked. An older version can be found on either the system or application disk that ships with your Mac. I cannot say whether or not xCode contains any editors but it certainly is not one itself. Regardless, if you are going to develop in Ruby on a Mac using native mode gems then the xCode package must be installed. Once xCode is installed I strongly recommend that you install RVM (http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/) before doing anything else. -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Walter Lee Davis
2010-Oct-30 14:14 UTC
Re: Re: Trying to work through update of Ruby and Install of Rails
On Oct 29, 2010, at 8:18 PM, James Byrne wrote:> I cannot say whether or not xCode contains any editors but it > certainly > is not one itself.Xcode is very definitely an editor, quite a powerful one at that. The Mac OS itself was written using it... Walter -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Stefan Hinck
2010-Oct-30 20:27 UTC
Re: Trying to work through update of Ruby and Install of Rails
Hello thanks for your help The book I am following "Agile Web Development with Rails 3rd Edition" says that their editor of choice is TextMate which I am familiar with so I may stick with it. But I am not so attached to it that I wont use xCode if it looks good. I read some on the site you listed RVM and, which it sounds nice and neat, I really have very little idea of what the heck they are talking about. I dont even know if I have Ruby, Rails, and SQLite installed correctly, much less how to work with "gems" hehe Please excuse my ignorance but i am very ignorant when it comes to programming and even worse with command line. -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.