Setting up a Ruby on Rails development environment on Mavericks

Mavericks comes with Ruby 2.0 out of the box but some of my Rails apps are built using 1.9.3. Also, I use RVM because of its gemset feature.
  1. Install Xcode. This can be found on the App Store. This isn't completely required but some packages on Homebrew require some components of it to install correctly.
  2. The Xcode Command Line Tools are also good to install. These can either be installed by downloading them from the Apple Developer site or from running xcode-select --install. This will trigger a popup. Click on install and it will download & install the tools.
  3. Install Homebrew - ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"
  4. Run brew doctor to check that Homebrew is installed correctly. It currently shows on mine that 10.9 is pre-release and not supported.
  5. Because Mavericks, like Mountaion Lion, doesn't come with GCC 4.2, it needs to be installed and linked to the correct place. Some packages require it so it's best to install it now - brew install apple-gcc42 and sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/gcc-4.2 /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
  6. Install RVM - curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled
  7. You may need to run source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm after (replacing YOUR-USERNAME with the username of your machine)
  8. To install Ruby 2.1.0 - rvm install 2.1.0
  9. To install Ruby 2.0.0 - rvm install 2.0.0
  10. To install Ruby 1.9.3 - rvm install 1.9.3
  11. Set Ruby 2.0.0 as the default - rvm use 2.0.0 --default
  12. Install Rails & Bundler - gem install rails bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc
  13. Install Pow - curl get.pow.cx | sh
  14. (Optional) Install MySQL.
That's it. You should now have a fully functional Rails development environment setup.

7 comments :

  1. UnknownApril 5, 2018 at 6:44 AM

    Thank you.Well it was nice post and very helpful information onRuby on Rails Online Course Hyderabad

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownMay 16, 2018 at 5:02 AM

    I really appreciate information shared above. It’s of great help. If someone want to learn Online (Virtual) instructor lead live training in Ruby On Rails Training.

    ReplyDelete
  3. TejutejuJuly 30, 2018 at 6:32 AM

    It is nice blog Thank you provide important information and i am searching for same information to save my time Ruby on Rails Online Training

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownOctober 4, 2018 at 5:14 AM

    Thanks for sharing this blog post,Nice written skill selenium Online Training Bangalore

    ReplyDelete
  5. ITSeptember 16, 2019 at 2:40 AM

    Thanks for sharing this article on ruby on rails course

    ReplyDelete
  6. Sravan ReddyNovember 24, 2019 at 10:25 PM

    Thank you.Well it was nice post and very helpful information on ruby on rails online training

    ReplyDelete
  7. Steven BerkoffSeptember 1, 2020 at 10:02 PM

    Nice blog! Know about effective ruby on rails web development services provided by the experienced developers at RV.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Posts ( Atom )