Forum: RForum Step by step instruction how to install RForum

Posted by Anisur Rahman (marbca)
on 2007-09-04 07:54
Hi,

anyone know Step by step instruction how to install RForum.

Thanks
Posted by Sharma Chelluri (rubysharma)
on 2008-02-13 10:26
README file in the rforum zip file.

== Requirements
* Ruby >= 1.8.2 (http://www.ruby-lang.org)
* RubyGems (http://rubygems.rubyforge.org)
* SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL with Ruby bindings

== Installation
1. Install rails:
     gem install rails --include-dependencies
2. Download the RForum package from http://rforum.andreas-s.net and 
extract
   it.
3. Edit config/database.yml for your database. If you have SQLite 
installed
   you can keep the default values for testing purposes.
4. Setup the database tables:
     RAILS_ENV=production rake migrate
5. Copy config/default_site.rb to config/site.rb and edit it.
6. Start the built-in webserver:
     RAILS_ENV=production script/server
   or set up FastCGI as described in the Rails documentation:
   http://rails.rubyonrails.com/files/README.html
7. Go to http://your-host:3000/user/register, register yourself as a new 
user
   and give the new user administrator privileges:
    RAILS_ENV=production script/make_admin username
8. Look up your password in the registration mail and log in to create 
forums.
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