Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu [go] Source: Ubuntu community Author: Cheng guyun

1. Prepare the library used for installation

$ Sudo apt-Get install GCC g ++ build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev Linux-headers-generic

2. Download ruby1.9.2 source code compilation and Installation

$ Wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org//pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz

(If you cannot download, you can choose: http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.bz2, http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.zip)

$ Tar-xvzf ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz

$ CD ruby-1.9.2-p0/

$./Configure-Prefix =/usr/local/Ruby

$ Make & sudo make install

3. Prepare Environment Variables

$ Sudo gedit/etc/environment

Add Environment Variables

Path = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games: /usr/local/Ruby/bin"

Make environment variable effective

$ Source/etc/environment

4. Check Ruby Installation

$ Ruby-V

5. Create Association

$ Sudo ln-S/usr/local/Ruby/bin/Ruby/usr/local/bin/Ruby

$ Sudo ln-S/usr/local/Ruby/bin/gem/usr/bin/gem

6. Install rails

$ Sudo gem install tzinfo builder memcache-client rack-test erubis mail text-format bundler Thor i18n

$ Sudo gem install rack-mount

$ Sudo gem install rails

7. Check the rails Installation

$ Source/etc/environment

$ Rails-V

8. If you use a MySQL database

$ Sudo apt-Get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev libmysql-Ruby

$ Sudo gem install MySQL

If you use an SQLite Database

$ Sudo apt-Get install libsqlite3-dev build-essential

$ Sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby

9. If you want to install the spree framework

$ Sudo gem install spree

10. Create an application for testing

For MySQL

$ Rails new XXX-D = MySQL

$ CD xxx

Configure MySQL and open the config/database. yml file:

Development:

Adapter: mysql2

Encoding: utf8

Database: blog_development

Pool: 5

Username: Root

Password:

Socket:/tmp/MySQL. Sock

Configure your username and password.

To use the spree framework, edit gemfile and add a gem 'spree'

$ Bundle install

$ Rake DB: Create

$ Rails server or $ rails s

Open http: // localhost: 3000 in the browser.

Environment configuration is complete.