On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Ron Tsoref <chie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> First of all, thank you all for your suggestions. > I think I'll finally do the switch from Windows to Ubuntu. I wanted to do > it for a while, and I think it's a good time to do it now. > > Once I install Ubuntu, what should I do next? > > Google for instructions on installing Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu, then if you run in to trouble post back here. But basically, you want to run the package installer (apt-get) to install ruby. Once ruby is installed you will be able to use ruby gems to install the rest you need. It is probably too much for right now but at some point you shold look at using rvm which helps you manage different versions of ruby on the same machine and to allow different installations of rails configurations for your different projects. > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Bryan Crossland <bacrossl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Chief <chie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails on a Windows >>> 7 machine? >>> >>> I really want to learn Rails, but I haven't found any easy way of >>> installing it on Windows 7. >>> >>> >> Install a VM of Ubuntu or Linux and develop on that. Avoid installing Ruby >> or Ruby on Rails on Windows like the plague. You will be in for more trouble >> that it is worth trying to get everything you need to work on Windows. >> >> B. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
