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I’m a designer and not a coder and having issues with the first install.
I downloaded Rails 1.8.6 and Instant Rails.
I opened a console and tried updating gems. Nothing worked there.
I think I will just delete everything and start over because I’m sure I broke something by now. I was really thinking about buying a Mac today just to get it working.
What do you recommend for:
1. What EXACTLY to download?
2. Steps to take?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
I’ve been developing with Rails on Windows 7 for over a year and have never experienced any frustrations due to this. These instructions have always worked perfectly for me.
Download and install Ruby 1.8.7
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/71492/rubyinstaller-1.8.7-p299.exe
Download the latest RubyGems, and extract the file somewhere
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126
Open the command prompt, cd into the directory you extracted RubyGems too, and do “ruby setub.rb”
On the command line anywhere run “gem install rails”
I have no idea why so many people are anti Rails/Windows. I suppose OS X is easier since it comes with Rails already installed. Linux on the other hand you can easily jack up your environment if you mix up using apt-get and gems to install libraries.