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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Getting Started with Rails Installing Rails (Windows)

Posted by Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

I having mac version 10.11.1 and i cant install Ruby and Ruby on rails

Is it some other sites that you can trust on and notice that vesrion 10.11.1 is el capitan so please help me as fast as possible

7 Answers

jaisonbrooks
jaisonbrooks
4,608 Points
jaisonbrooks
jaisonbrooks
4,608 Points

Take a look through these instructions. I prefer using RVM to install Ruby and Rails. Looks like this has some clear instructions to install Homebrew and then RVM. From there you can install tons of Ruby versions, along with Rails.

https://www.computersnyou.com/5307/setup-homebrew-and-rvm-on-mac-osx-10-11-ei-capitan/

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

Thank you, I have not done it yet but I will try it.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

what have you tried, and what errors are you getting. This is a bit vauge to try to help. And if I'm not mistaken, ruby is already installed on OSX.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Have you tried something like this: https://gorails.com/setup/osx/10.11-el-capitan I would suggest trying to use Homebrew to manage the installation

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

yes i tryed and installed that but i cant create an tree book application like my teacher does in the video

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points
Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

i tryed to install but it says this version is only for 10.8 and you dont having a link to an new link of ruby so i cant install it

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points
Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

look on the video generate an rails application thats where i stuck

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points
Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

i dont get that green black terminal and i cant do the commands that he uses

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Open up Mac's terminal program, and navigate in the terminal to where you want your rails app to be, and type rails new myapp.

What happens?

Marissa Richardson
Marissa Richardson
47,542 Points
Marissa Richardson
Marissa Richardson
47,542 Points

I think someone said on another question that the version of Rails for the treebook project is actually Rails 3. Most people are using Rails 4 now, and I believe Rails 5 was just released. You may be having problems because the difference in version numbers.

Eric Lange
Eric Lange
5,246 Points
Eric Lange
Eric Lange
5,246 Points

If you would like to not worry about the installation process at the moment, using Cloud 9 can be a good starting alternative.

https://c9.io/

It is what I used while I was going through the course, but I had been trying to use a Windows before switching to C9, so it was a lifesaver for me.