Question

I know that you have to change the database.yml but I don’t know what to change it to and how to download MYSQL and all of that jazz.

Answer 1

Gemfile:

gem 'mysql2'

config/database.yml

development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: db_name_here
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password:
  host: localhost

Command line:

bundle install
rake db:create
rake db:migrate

Of course MySQL needs to be installed.

If you’re creating a new project:

rails new app_name_here -d mysql