Install Ruby on Rails on Ubutu Gutsy Gibbon - Apache Version
Posted by Vince Wadhwani on Jan 09, 2008 in | gnu/linux | ruby
This is a follow-up to my article on Installing Ruby on Rails for Nginx. It can also be a good jumping point for another of other Ruby frameworks such as Merb.
Although I'm a big fan of the golden path, sometimes you just don't have the option of picking and choosing your components. Recently I had to deploy a rails app alongside PHP using Apache 2. I took some notes during the process -- hopefully they come in handy for a few of you.
Install Ruby Rails on Gutsy Gibbon (Nginx Version)
Posted by Vince Wadhwani on Nov 16, 2007 in | gnu/linux | ruby
Update: If you prefer Apache, use this tutorial instead.
Update 2: If you are on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), check out this HowTo.
This is a follow-up article to the HowTo I wrote for installing Rails on Feisty Fawn. Most of the same tricks and methodologies from that HowTo in Feisty still apply to Gutsy so be sure to check out that article as well if you have problems. There are some different apt-get commands and the organization of the document is a bit different so if you're unsure you may as well start here. My thanks go to all the great developers and bloggers who have helped me along the way. Let's get started!
Install Ruby Rails on Ubuntu Edgy Eft
Posted by Vince Wadhwani on Dec 07, 2006 in | ruby
Update March 05, 2007: Now using gems 0.9.2 by default in this HowTo. To upgrade your older gems see this article.
Update: May 09, 2007: There's now a version for Feisty Fawn!
A while back I wrote a HowTo for installing Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu's Dapper Drake edition. Well, some 6 months later Dapper is still the LTS release but many rails developers are longing to move on to Edgy Eft. While a simple apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade will take care of that for most people, it doesn't necessarily help those installing on Edgy Eft from scratch. That being said, the previous HowTo is still accurate. Still, I'm reposting so that people can post their experiences and recommendations (comments are disabled after 20 days to keep spam in check) below. Also, I've cleaned up a few things and removed some older package requirements. Note that this tutorial assumes you did not choose LAMP or DNS server during your install. Probably no harm if you did except we won't be using Apache to run Rails.. we'll be using Lighttpd.
