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You know, stuff like: powerbook.local 102> sudo port install rubygems Password: Error: Port rubygems not found

jey 19y ago
Fixed. The port was actually "rb-rubygems", not "rubygems". I'm no rails fanboy by far, but it's unfair to claim that rails is a hard environment to use when in reality rails goes out of its way to make RoR development dead simple. </nitpick>
- bayareaguy 19y ago
  I'm no ruby developer so I decided to push your example a little further just to see how trivial it really is. Unfortunately the next instruction you offer didn't work either: powerbook.local 105> sudo gem install rails Password: Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException) Could not find rails (> 0) in any repository A little googling reveals that at least on OSX, you need to do this: powerbook.local 106> sudo gem update --system Password: Updating RubyGems... and after that, then you can powerbook.local 107> sudo gem install rails [...] powerbook.local 108> rails myproject powerbook.local 109> cd myproject [...] But then the next command you wrote blows up again: powerbook.local 110> ./script/server Cannot find gem for Rails =1.2.6.0: Install the missing gem with 'gem install -v=1.2.6 rails', or change environment.rb to define RAILS_GEM_VERSION with your desired version.
  - jules 19y ago
    That's strange given that DHH himself uses OS X. I've had no problems at all installing Rails on Linux and Windows.
    - bayareaguy 19y ago
      Who knows? Perhaps DHH doesn't follow jey's instructions to install ruby and start a rails project? In any event web services like Heroku make it a moot point. I've yet to try it out but I can easily see the attraction when a trivial google search of "ruby install error" returns 100,000 hits.
      - emmett 19y ago
        Results 1 - 10 of about 153,000 for ruby install error. (0.23 seconds) Results 1 - 10 of about 166,000 for python install error. (0.26 seconds) Results 1 - 10 of about 264,000 for java install error. (0.22 seconds) Results 1 - 10 of about 145,000 for gcc install error. (0.25 seconds) This metric seems flawed.
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        bayareaguy 19y ago
        I'm not claiming other languages are easier to install. I'm saying there is value in offering development tools over the web in a way that eliminates any need for installation.

jey 19y ago

Fixed. The port was actually "rb-rubygems", not "rubygems". I'm no rails fanboy by far, but it's unfair to claim that rails is a hard environment to use when in reality rails goes out of its way to make RoR development dead simple. </nitpick>

bayareaguy 19y ago
I'm no ruby developer so I decided to push your example a little further just to see how trivial it really is. Unfortunately the next instruction you offer didn't work either: powerbook.local 105> sudo gem install rails Password: Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException) Could not find rails (> 0) in any repository A little googling reveals that at least on OSX, you need to do this: powerbook.local 106> sudo gem update --system Password: Updating RubyGems... and after that, then you can powerbook.local 107> sudo gem install rails [...] powerbook.local 108> rails myproject powerbook.local 109> cd myproject [...] But then the next command you wrote blows up again: powerbook.local 110> ./script/server Cannot find gem for Rails =1.2.6.0: Install the missing gem with 'gem install -v=1.2.6 rails', or change environment.rb to define RAILS_GEM_VERSION with your desired version.
- jules 19y ago
  That's strange given that DHH himself uses OS X. I've had no problems at all installing Rails on Linux and Windows.
  - bayareaguy 19y ago
    Who knows? Perhaps DHH doesn't follow jey's instructions to install ruby and start a rails project? In any event web services like Heroku make it a moot point. I've yet to try it out but I can easily see the attraction when a trivial google search of "ruby install error" returns 100,000 hits.
    - emmett 19y ago
      Results 1 - 10 of about 153,000 for ruby install error. (0.23 seconds) Results 1 - 10 of about 166,000 for python install error. (0.26 seconds) Results 1 - 10 of about 264,000 for java install error. (0.22 seconds) Results 1 - 10 of about 145,000 for gcc install error. (0.25 seconds) This metric seems flawed.
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      - bayareaguy 19y ago
        I'm not claiming other languages are easier to install. I'm saying there is value in offering development tools over the web in a way that eliminates any need for installation.