Re: Best Rails environment for Windows 7

Andreas Saebjoernsen
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:34:42 -0000

Type. I meant the tips I''ve used when installing rails on Linux, not
Windows.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Andreas Saebjoernsen <
andreas-icZdIMMiY0Pv2he6Dqnq4NvLeJWuRmrY@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I think the tips I''ve used when installing rails on Windows is
this:
>
>    1. Do not use the native package manager to install ruby, rvm and gems.
>       - Install your own custom rvm, ruby and rails.
>       - The native package manager generally has very outdated ruby and
>       rvm versions.
>       - I know this hurts unix purists, but it''s your time and
using
>       rvm/gem/rails like most other people do will save you a lot of time.
>    2. Use the railsready script to automate  installing custom rvm, ruby
>    and rails versions.
>       - https://github.com/joshfng/railsready
>
> I think that''s it.
>
> Btw, Rails 3 works best with Ruby 1.9.2. You may bump into bugs with Ruby
> 1.8.7 that can be hard to detect and debug. So type ''ruby
--version'' after
> installing ruby to make sure that you''re running a recent version.
>
> Best,
> Andy
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:32 AM, David Kahn
<dk-rfEMNHKVqOwNic7Bib+Ti1W1rNmOCjRP@public.gmane.org>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Ron Tsoref
<chieff7-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> First of all, thank you all for your suggestions.
>>> I think I''ll finally do the switch from Windows to Ubuntu.
I wanted to do
>>> it for a while, and I think it''s a good time to do it now.
>>>
>>> Once I install Ubuntu, what should I do next?
>>>
>>>
>> Google for instructions on installing Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu, then if
you
>> run in to trouble post back here. But basically, you want to run the
package
>> installer (apt-get) to install ruby. Once ruby is installed you will be
able
>> to use ruby gems to install the rest you need. It is probably too much
for
>> right now but at some point you shold look at using rvm which helps you
>> manage different versions of ruby on the same machine and to allow
different
>> installations of rails configurations for your different projects.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Bryan Crossland
<bacrossland-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Chief
<chieff7-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails
on a Windows
>>>>> 7 machine?
>>>>>
>>>>> I really want to learn Rails, but I haven''t found
any easy way of
>>>>> installing it on Windows 7.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Install a VM of Ubuntu or Linux and develop on that. Avoid
installing
>>>> Ruby or Ruby on Rails on Windows like the plague. You will be
in for more
>>>> trouble that it is worth trying to get everything you need to
work on
>>>> Windows.
>>>>
>>>> B.
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