{"id":585,"date":"2010-10-30T23:26:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T06:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/?p=585"},"modified":"2010-10-30T23:26:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T06:26:44","slug":"installing-rails-3-on-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/installing-rails-3-on-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Rails 3 on Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is to document, how I got Ruby on Rails 3 up and running. Each time I have had to install this, (due to my non-technical background) it has been an arduous process. Note that I am reading the free online Rails book<\/a> as my rails tutorial and\u00a0I’m using generic Windows 7.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Install Ruby 1.8.7<\/strong>\n

    I\u00a0downloaded the .exe file for version 1.8.7-p302.
    \n<\/a>\"\"
    \n\ufeff
    \nAfter googling for a few seconds, I still can’t figure out the difference between:\u00a01.8.7-p302,\u00a01.8.7-p299, and\u00a01.8.7-p249. No matter, moving along now.<\/p>\n

    Run the installer that you downloaded by double clicking on the file.
    \nI opted to check both of these boxes during the installer:
    \n\"\"<\/p>\n

    When the installation finishes, check the Command Line to verify that Ruby is installed. To get to the Command Line, press the Windows Key, type “cmd” and press Enter.<\/p>\n

    Type “ruby -v” and you should get the box below. Ruby is installed.
    \n\"\"
    \n<\/p>\n

    <\/strong><\/li>\n

  2. Install RubyGems 1.3.7<\/strong>\n

    Download the .zip file for version 1.3.7<\/a>.
    \n\"\"<\/p>\n

    Extract the .zip file and place the the folder “rubygems-1.3.7” \u00a0in your Ruby directory. For me, the Ruby directory would be C:\/Ruby187\/<\/p>\n

    Open up the command line and navigate to your “rubygems-1.3.7” folder. To change directory, type in “cd” followed by the location. In my screenshot, I typed in “cd C:\/ruby187\/rubygems-1.3.7\/” since the location of my “setup.rb” file was in C:\/ruby187\/rubygems-1.3.7\/<\/p>\n

    Type “ruby setup.rb” to install RubyGems
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n

  3. Install Rails<\/strong>\n

    In the Command Line, type “gem install rails –version 3.0.1”
    \n\"\"<\/p>\n

    When the installation finishes, check the Command Line to verify that Rails \u00a0is installed.
    \nType “rails -v” and you should get the box below. Rails\u00a0is installed.
    \n\"\"<\/p>\n

    Congratulations, you’re all RoR’d ups in this place.<\/p>\n

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  4. Install Git (Optional Step)<\/strong>\n

    Grab the latest version of Git<\/a>. I went with v1.7.3.2<\/a>. The installer was pretty painless and just involved clicking through the options.
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In retrospect, installing Ruby on Rails 3 was not so bad. While I did spend a few hours googling, installing, and documenting the process – the good news is that the process itself is not so bad if you know what files to grab, what to click, and what exactly to type.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This post is to document, how I got Ruby on Rails 3 up and running. Each time I have had to install this, (due to my non-technical background) it has been an arduous process. Note that I am reading the free online Rails book as my rails tutorial and\u00a0I’m using generic Windows 7. Install Ruby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[341,338,336,335,333,332,334,337,339,340],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-command-line","tag-git","tag-install","tag-installation","tag-rails-3","tag-ruby","tag-ruby-on-rails","tag-setup","tag-version","tag-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}