How To Install Ruby On Rails On Windows [ tutorial ]

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to install ruby on rails on windows .just follow these steps , to get up and running rails on windows .

Steps

1 : first download ruby installer for windows from : http://rubyinstaller.org/
and download DevKit from http://rubyinstaller.org/add-ons/devkit/
and extract and run the post install script from post-install directory

I’ll use Ruby1.9.3-p194

check box ( Add Ruby Executable to your path ) when installing Ruby , that will add ruby on your PATH .

2 : verify installation open CMD and type

ruby -v

3: after that check gem version and if it needed update gems

gem -v

gem update —system

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  4 : install rails gem
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<pre>gem install rails</pre>

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  5: install SQLite 3 because Rails  uses SQLite3 as a default  Database
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  <pre>gem install sqlite3</pre>
  
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    6:  install mysql gem
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  <pre>gem install mysql</pre>
  
  <pre>#In case of problem

gem install mysql –platform=ruby — –with-mysql-dir=C:\mysql

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    or change the directories path according you MySQL installation
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    download c connector from here
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    <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirror.php?id=377977">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirror.php?id=377977</a>and extract  <code>/lib/libmysql.dll</code>  into your <code>c:rubybin</code>  folder
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    7 : install git . for version control and code tracking  download windows version from here
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  <a href="http://git-scm.com/downloads">http://git-scm.com/downloads</a>
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  8 : create new rails app
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      <b><i style="background-color: #cccccc;">rails new demo_app </i></b>
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      if you are getting<b><i> Gem::InstallError: The &#8216;json&#8217; native gem requires installed build tools.</i></b>
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      <b><i>don&#8217;t panic just add devkit in your environment PATH  </i></b>
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      add<b><i> c:devkit </i></b> in your environment PATH and open CMD and type<b><i> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;">gem install json -v &#8216;1.7.3&#8217;</span></i></b>
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      if it fail to install install it from using <b><i style="background-color: #cccccc;">C:devkitmysys.bat</i></b>
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      type <b><i style="background-color: #cccccc;">rails -s </i></b>
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      open browser and navigate to <b><i style="background-color: #cccccc;">http://localhost:3000 </i></b>
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    Enjoy Riding!
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