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

Posted by Caleb Thill
Caleb Thill
5,347 Points

Trouble installing Rails (Mac)

Hello everyone, Im having a lot of difficulty installing the rails application in the link the video gave me.... Im on a OS X version 10.9.1 and the website for downloads only goes up to 10.8.1.... when I try to install it yells at me saying its only for those versions. How can I install it on my OS X 10.9.1?

2 Answers

Daniel Crittenden
Daniel Crittenden
9,308 Points
Daniel Crittenden
Daniel Crittenden
9,308 Points

You're correct -- Rails installer does not support Mavericks.

Here is the guide that i used:

http://railsapps.github.io/installrubyonrails-mac.html

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
9,505 Points
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
9,505 Points

Hey,

Mind linking to the video your referring to? Also, what are you trying to download exactly. I've had to install and reinstall rails/ruby stuff a handful of times in the past six months so while I promise I'm no expert, I might be able to help.

If you can, be detailed on what you're trying to do and what you've already done and the actual error you're getting.

Hope I can help!

Sean Gaffney
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Sean Gaffney
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,560 Points

Hey Patrick! On these content-related posts (you can see the tag for the video next to the Ruby topic tag), you'll find a link to the content item in the sidebar on the right. :)