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Get Ruby and Rails running on Ubuntu with one command

56 points by adamstac 16y ago

joshfng 16y ago
This also installs git, I updated the readme. It's a very simple script so if you guys see any ways to improve it let me know.
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Dobbs 16y ago
Couldn't you just do: wget https://github.com/joshfng/railsready/raw/master/railsready.sh https://github.com/joshfng/railsready/raw/master/railsready.... && bash ./railsready.sh Besides the "1" command is really 4. If you are setting up enough VM's that you need this you should have something like puppet installed and don't need this. If you are setting up one machine then do it by hand. Know the tools you have installed and keep track of them it will make deployment easier.
- joshfng 16y ago
  This isn't meant for huge deployments or rollouts. I use it to setup testing servers that mimic production boxes. And yea it should ready "setup rails with one line"
- aonic 16y ago
  Or: wget -qO- https://github.com/joshfng/railsready/raw/master/railsready.sh | /bin/bash
jseifer 16y ago
Wish this was around a week ago when I did this all manually.
- l3amm 16y ago
  Agreed, now if only someone could write the one line command to robustly install couchdb on ubuntu.
rmc 16y ago
That is many commands, but it's only one line. And there's something in the inner-sysadmin in me that sees "curl http://example.com/foo.sh http://example.com/foo.sh && ./foo.sh" and shudders. That sounds like a receipe for disaster.
- j2d2j2d2 16y ago
  Nothing wrong with reading the script before running it. :)
  - rmc 16y ago
    Oh I know. However we both know the majority of people who use this one-liner won't read it.
    - joshfng 16y ago
      It's no different that installing RVM bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head ) or NPM curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh. If you run something without knowing what it does first and brick your system there's no one to blame but yourself :)
- joshfng 16y ago
  Feel free to read the script before executing it :)
- bad_user 16y ago
  It's a bitch rubygems are so fucked up on Debian/Ubuntu and that Ruby 1.9.2 is still not in Ubuntu's repo. Otherwise that line would be: sudo aptitude install ruby1.9.2-full && sudo gem install rails
  - diego 16y ago
    That's what rvm is for. Leave the system Ruby alone and install your own, even multiple versions. I have ruby 1.8.7 with rails 2.3.5 and 1.9.2 with 3.0.3, easily switch between them for testing. http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/ http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/
rm445 16y ago
Oblig. bash.org, http://www.bash.org/?464385 http://www.bash.org/?464385 <@insomnia> it only takes three commands to install Gentoo <@insomnia> cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6 <@insomnia> that's the first one
- joshfng 16y ago
  haha updated to read "A setup script to get Ruby and Rails running on Ubuntu server in one line". The first draft of the script was one command originally.
telemachos 16y ago
This strikes me as no easier than rvm, but less clean (installations go to /usr/local, no easy way to switch between various ruby interpreters or gemsets, harder to uninstall, etc.). Why not just do this? 1) Update whatever requirements you need via APT tool of choice. 2) Install rvm 3) Install ruby-1.9 using rvm 4) gem install rails 5) Write great rails app.
- tibbon 16y ago
  Hmm, maybe putting together a oneliner for that would help a lot of people. Added to my todo list.
  - colbyolson 16y ago
    I don't understand the point of using a one-liner vs just doing it in a process and getting an understanding of whats going on at each step.
    - joshfng 16y ago
      I totally agree that you should become fully comfortable with setting up a box manually. But when you perform the same setup over and over and have the process memorized as I do then writing a little shell script to get the job done never hurts.
      - colbyolson 16y ago
        I agree, and perhaps I should have added that into my comment. For a newbie, have them walk through it, but for the repeated process, then automate it.
- cosgroveb 16y ago
  I posted the following guide the other day: http://ryanbigg.com/2010/12/ubuntu-ruby-rvm-rails-and-you http://ryanbigg.com/2010/12/ubuntu-ruby-rvm-rails-and-you Sadly it languished with no upvotes. :( I found it extremely useful, however!
thibaut_barrere 16y ago
I now prefer using chef-solo, which allows to tweak and add the remaining bits very quickly once you know how to use it!
joshfng 16y ago
Just a FYI I changed the script to install Ruby to /usr/local thanks to some input from a Github user. Also people are forking it and setting it up to install RVM so feel free to check those out as well!
- telemachos 16y ago
  I believe your earlier version already was installing to /usr/local. You've just made it explicit. Most configuration scripts accept a --prefix option, but default to /usr/local if you omit the option. I'm pretty sure that Ruby works that way, and it's exceedingly common. (Not that the explicitness isn't a good idea. You don't want to rely on a default without being sure.) Follow-up: partial output of ./configure --help in a Ruby source directory: > By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.
mattyb 16y ago
Some comments & questions from someone who's worked on something similar: -What's extglob used here for? I don't see any regexes. -What are libffi-dev and libyaml-dev for? I assume some common gems depend on them. If so, which? (I'm just getting into Rails.) -Git in the Maverick repos is old (1.7.1, which was released in April). Installing it from source is probably a better idea. -You should probably use RVM to install Ruby, since its 1.9.2-head target won't require you to keep updating your script with 1.9.2's patchlevel. -In my rails3.sh (which I should really publish), I didn't need to `gem install bundler` in order for `bundle install` to work. Probably because `rails` depends on `bundler`. -That sudo check is neat, and I'd like to lift it; what's this script's license?
- joshfng 16y ago
  extglob is in there for future improvements. I plan to make it robust enough to accept parameters in the future. When building Ruby the output complained about some missing deps. libffi-dev and libyaml-dev made Ruby stop complaining about them :) Bundler is installed on the system because you don't have to install Rails on the system. You could simply put Ruby on there, install bundler then when you upload your app and run "bundle" it will pull down Rails and any gems your app depends on. Having Bundler available on the system is needed if you don't install the Rails gem system wide. Use the script however you see fit and feel free to take from it what you like :)
DanI-S 16y ago
Nice! It'd be nicer if it used RVM, though. Might try rolling my own. If anyone else wants to try, or is otherwise interested, I wrote a step-by-step guide to getting Rails on Ubuntu with RVM: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2113525 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2113525
- joshfng 16y ago
  It offers the choice now of build from source or RVM
calvin 16y ago
Note to the wise: do not run this on a production machine unless you understand the full consequences of what the script is doing. This is great for starting out a new machine and getting things setup, but running the update and upgrade commands without consideration of what's being updated could cause a lot of headaches if any existing sites running on the server have dependencies that are botched by the upgrade.
- joshfng 16y ago
  The README advises to run on a fresh install. Install Ubuntu, run railsready, have fun :)
wayneeseguin 16y ago
Here is a script that I wrote and have been using, should work on most Linux's and OSX to bootstrap a Rails Development environment. Also ensures that git is installed. You can run it with one command (after reading it's contents of course) as follows: curl -O https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/blob/master/contrib/bootstrap_rails_environment https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/blob/master/contrib/boot... && source bootstrap_rails_environment This automates installing the prerequisites across many Linux package management types and then bootstraps a Rails development environment using RVM.
- mattyb 16y ago
  A few questions: -Why Ruby 1.8.7 and not 1.9.2? -I've installed 1.8.7, 1.9.2 & 1.9.2-head via RVM without having libyaml-dev or libffi-dev installed (I see they're listed in `rvm notes`). Any idea what's up here? Thanks!
  - wayneeseguin 16y ago
    Read the script, it's adjustable. Download, change your version and run. They are listed as they help 'cover all bases' as they are used by some gems that people might need.
jschuur 16y ago
Related and very recent: http://hivelogic.com/articles/setup-guide-rails-stack-with-passenger-rvm-bundler-apache-and-mysql-on-ubun http://hivelogic.com/articles/setup-guide-rails-stack-with-p...
joshfng 16y ago
I have updated the script to ask you if you want to build Ruby from source or install RVM (Wayne from RVM pointed me in the right direction)
joshfng 16y ago
Just so you guys know this script has changed a lot since I opened it up. It now has way better output formatting, the option to install Ruby from source or RVM, better stdout and stderr redirection to the install.log and even captures signals for things like ctrl-c to kill the script nicely. Thanks for all the input and I hope it's found to be useful :)
vysogot 16y ago
If anyone is looking for a Debian Lenny config script (RVM, Apache, Passenger, SQLite), here it is: https://github.com/vysogot/railsready-debian-lenny https://github.com/vysogot/railsready-debian-lenny Debian has some differences.
fenderplayer 16y ago
I just ran the script on Ubuntu 10.10 (64bit) but when i run "rvm list" or any other rvm command i get the following error: /usr/local/bin/rvm: line 73: /home/myuser/.rvm/scripts/rvm: No such file or directory Whats wrong here?
- fenderplayer 16y ago
  ok... i had run the script as root and was trying to run as a normal user, thats why the error....fixed now

56 points by adamstac 16y ago

This also installs git, I updated the readme. It's a very simple script so if you guys see any ways to improve it let me know.

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Dobbs 16y ago

Couldn't you just do: wget https://github.com/joshfng/railsready/raw/master/railsready.sh https://github.com/joshfng/railsready/raw/master/railsready.... && bash ./railsready.sh Besides the "1" command is really 4. If you are setting up enough VM's that you need this you should have something like puppet installed and don't need this. If you are setting up one machine then do it by hand. Know the tools you have installed and keep track of them it will make deployment easier.

joshfng 16y ago
This isn't meant for huge deployments or rollouts. I use it to setup testing servers that mimic production boxes. And yea it should ready "setup rails with one line"
aonic 16y ago
Or: wget -qO- https://github.com/joshfng/railsready/raw/master/railsready.sh | /bin/bash

jseifer 16y ago

Wish this was around a week ago when I did this all manually.

l3amm 16y ago
Agreed, now if only someone could write the one line command to robustly install couchdb on ubuntu.

rmc 16y ago

That is many commands, but it's only one line. And there's something in the inner-sysadmin in me that sees "curl http://example.com/foo.sh http://example.com/foo.sh && ./foo.sh" and shudders. That sounds like a receipe for disaster.

j2d2j2d2 16y ago
Nothing wrong with reading the script before running it. :)
- rmc 16y ago
  Oh I know. However we both know the majority of people who use this one-liner won't read it.
  - joshfng 16y ago
    It's no different that installing RVM bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head ) or NPM curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh. If you run something without knowing what it does first and brick your system there's no one to blame but yourself :)
joshfng 16y ago
Feel free to read the script before executing it :)
bad_user 16y ago
It's a bitch rubygems are so fucked up on Debian/Ubuntu and that Ruby 1.9.2 is still not in Ubuntu's repo. Otherwise that line would be: sudo aptitude install ruby1.9.2-full && sudo gem install rails
- diego 16y ago
  That's what rvm is for. Leave the system Ruby alone and install your own, even multiple versions. I have ruby 1.8.7 with rails 2.3.5 and 1.9.2 with 3.0.3, easily switch between them for testing. http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/ http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/

rm445 16y ago

Oblig. bash.org, http://www.bash.org/?464385 http://www.bash.org/?464385 <@insomnia> it only takes three commands to install Gentoo <@insomnia> cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6 <@insomnia> that's the first one

joshfng 16y ago
haha updated to read "A setup script to get Ruby and Rails running on Ubuntu server in one line". The first draft of the script was one command originally.

telemachos 16y ago

This strikes me as no easier than rvm, but less clean (installations go to /usr/local, no easy way to switch between various ruby interpreters or gemsets, harder to uninstall, etc.). Why not just do this? 1) Update whatever requirements you need via APT tool of choice. 2) Install rvm 3) Install ruby-1.9 using rvm 4) gem install rails 5) Write great rails app.

tibbon 16y ago
Hmm, maybe putting together a oneliner for that would help a lot of people. Added to my todo list.
- colbyolson 16y ago
  I don't understand the point of using a one-liner vs just doing it in a process and getting an understanding of whats going on at each step.
  - joshfng 16y ago
    I totally agree that you should become fully comfortable with setting up a box manually. But when you perform the same setup over and over and have the process memorized as I do then writing a little shell script to get the job done never hurts.
    - colbyolson 16y ago
      I agree, and perhaps I should have added that into my comment. For a newbie, have them walk through it, but for the repeated process, then automate it.
cosgroveb 16y ago
I posted the following guide the other day: http://ryanbigg.com/2010/12/ubuntu-ruby-rvm-rails-and-you http://ryanbigg.com/2010/12/ubuntu-ruby-rvm-rails-and-you Sadly it languished with no upvotes. :( I found it extremely useful, however!

thibaut_barrere 16y ago

I now prefer using chef-solo, which allows to tweak and add the remaining bits very quickly once you know how to use it!

joshfng 16y ago

Just a FYI I changed the script to install Ruby to /usr/local thanks to some input from a Github user. Also people are forking it and setting it up to install RVM so feel free to check those out as well!

telemachos 16y ago
I believe your earlier version already was installing to /usr/local. You've just made it explicit. Most configuration scripts accept a --prefix option, but default to /usr/local if you omit the option. I'm pretty sure that Ruby works that way, and it's exceedingly common. (Not that the explicitness isn't a good idea. You don't want to rely on a default without being sure.) Follow-up: partial output of ./configure --help in a Ruby source directory: > By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.

mattyb 16y ago

Some comments & questions from someone who's worked on something similar: -What's extglob used here for? I don't see any regexes. -What are libffi-dev and libyaml-dev for? I assume some common gems depend on them. If so, which? (I'm just getting into Rails.) -Git in the Maverick repos is old (1.7.1, which was released in April). Installing it from source is probably a better idea. -You should probably use RVM to install Ruby, since its 1.9.2-head target won't require you to keep updating your script with 1.9.2's patchlevel. -In my rails3.sh (which I should really publish), I didn't need to `gem install bundler` in order for `bundle install` to work. Probably because `rails` depends on `bundler`. -That sudo check is neat, and I'd like to lift it; what's this script's license?

joshfng 16y ago
extglob is in there for future improvements. I plan to make it robust enough to accept parameters in the future. When building Ruby the output complained about some missing deps. libffi-dev and libyaml-dev made Ruby stop complaining about them :) Bundler is installed on the system because you don't have to install Rails on the system. You could simply put Ruby on there, install bundler then when you upload your app and run "bundle" it will pull down Rails and any gems your app depends on. Having Bundler available on the system is needed if you don't install the Rails gem system wide. Use the script however you see fit and feel free to take from it what you like :)

DanI-S 16y ago

Nice! It'd be nicer if it used RVM, though. Might try rolling my own. If anyone else wants to try, or is otherwise interested, I wrote a step-by-step guide to getting Rails on Ubuntu with RVM: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2113525 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2113525

joshfng 16y ago
It offers the choice now of build from source or RVM

calvin 16y ago

Note to the wise: do not run this on a production machine unless you understand the full consequences of what the script is doing. This is great for starting out a new machine and getting things setup, but running the update and upgrade commands without consideration of what's being updated could cause a lot of headaches if any existing sites running on the server have dependencies that are botched by the upgrade.

joshfng 16y ago
The README advises to run on a fresh install. Install Ubuntu, run railsready, have fun :)

wayneeseguin 16y ago

Here is a script that I wrote and have been using, should work on most Linux's and OSX to bootstrap a Rails Development environment. Also ensures that git is installed. You can run it with one command (after reading it's contents of course) as follows: curl -O https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/blob/master/contrib/bootstrap_rails_environment https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/blob/master/contrib/boot... && source bootstrap_rails_environment This automates installing the prerequisites across many Linux package management types and then bootstraps a Rails development environment using RVM.

mattyb 16y ago
A few questions: -Why Ruby 1.8.7 and not 1.9.2? -I've installed 1.8.7, 1.9.2 & 1.9.2-head via RVM without having libyaml-dev or libffi-dev installed (I see they're listed in `rvm notes`). Any idea what's up here? Thanks!
- wayneeseguin 16y ago
  Read the script, it's adjustable. Download, change your version and run. They are listed as they help 'cover all bases' as they are used by some gems that people might need.

jschuur 16y ago

Related and very recent: http://hivelogic.com/articles/setup-guide-rails-stack-with-passenger-rvm-bundler-apache-and-mysql-on-ubun http://hivelogic.com/articles/setup-guide-rails-stack-with-p...

joshfng 16y ago

I have updated the script to ask you if you want to build Ruby from source or install RVM (Wayne from RVM pointed me in the right direction)

joshfng 16y ago

Just so you guys know this script has changed a lot since I opened it up. It now has way better output formatting, the option to install Ruby from source or RVM, better stdout and stderr redirection to the install.log and even captures signals for things like ctrl-c to kill the script nicely. Thanks for all the input and I hope it's found to be useful :)

vysogot 16y ago

If anyone is looking for a Debian Lenny config script (RVM, Apache, Passenger, SQLite), here it is: https://github.com/vysogot/railsready-debian-lenny https://github.com/vysogot/railsready-debian-lenny Debian has some differences.

fenderplayer 16y ago

I just ran the script on Ubuntu 10.10 (64bit) but when i run "rvm list" or any other rvm command i get the following error: /usr/local/bin/rvm: line 73: /home/myuser/.rvm/scripts/rvm: No such file or directory Whats wrong here?

fenderplayer 16y ago
ok... i had run the script as root and was trying to run as a normal user, thats why the error....fixed now