Complete Newbie needs help!

Rails
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hey john,

thanks. i will try that now. i have xcode installed. Before posting on
here i posted on another forum. I was doing this tutorial:
http://developer.apple.com/Tools/developonrailsleopard.html

i got to point 7 where is says to start the server after doing
everything that is says above it.

I got this error from the debugger:

[Session started at 2009-09-10 09:20:44 +0100.]
env: ruby: No such file or directory

The Debugger has exited with status 127.The Debugger has exited with
status 127.

On the other forum, someone suggested that i use rubystack and thats
where i started having the other problems listed above. if you could
tell me what is up with the error above i will be more than happy :slight_smile:

Im off to try your first suggestion.

Brad

On Sep 11, 2:02 pm, “John T.” [email protected]

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Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

I do not think I would advise using SQLite – it’s kind of underpowered
for Rails, as I understand. I would, however, suggest using PostgreSQL
instead of mySQL.

I’m not suggesting use SQLite for production, but for development.
SQLite is just fine, and is plenty powerful. Not to mention for someone
just getting into Rails, one less thing to deal with - setting up a
whole database server like MySql and Postgres. SQLite is built into OS
X, and as I’ve reminded myself, the gem is already installed in OS X.
(Many services and applications use SQLite as their backend database -
Safari, Firefox to name two)

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Brad wrote:

In response to marnen

Learn to use the quoting feature in your e-mail or forum client!

, it points to apples ( i think ): /usr/local/bin/
ruby

I don’t think that’s Apple’s Ruby. Do a ls -l on that to see if it’s a
aymlink and, if so, to what. If it’s Apple’s, it should point to
something in /Library/Frameworks. If it’s Rubystack’s…well…I’m not
sure. Check docs for where Rubystack installs stuff.

If I were you, I’d remove Rubystack and just use Apple’s Ruby.

Brad

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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Hey john,

How do i make mongrel the default server?

Brad

On Sep 11, 2:47 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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John T. wrote:

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

I do not think I would advise using SQLite – it’s kind of underpowered
for Rails, as I understand. I would, however, suggest using PostgreSQL
instead of mySQL.

I’m not suggesting use SQLite for production, but for development.
SQLite is just fine, and is plenty powerful.

Not if you’re used to actually using relatively powerful DB features.
It may indeed be good for a beginner, however.

Not to mention for someone
just getting into Rails, one less thing to deal with - setting up a
whole database server like MySql and Postgres.

Perhaps true. But that has to be done sometime, and problems may arise
with the switch in DBs.

SQLite is built into OS
X, and as I’ve reminded myself, the gem is already installed in OS X.
(Many services and applications use SQLite as their backend database -
Safari, Firefox to name two)

I know that – I believe that the system CoreData routines use it, so
it’s easily available. I just don’t think it’s well suited to Web apps.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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Something fundamental is wrong here. Rails should not be this hard.

First of all, you have installed RubyStack (I asume Bitnami) on your
Mac, which is really not the best idea ever. OSX comes with ruby and
rails preinstalled. The only thing you need to install is a
database. The Bitnami stack is cool for deploying cookie-cutter
installs to clusters of production servers, but is really asking for a
mess of conflicts on a development machine.

I would begin by uninstalling the Bitnami stack. There is an
uninstaller in the application folder. Run it, get some tea, then
come back. The uninstaller will not delete the stack’s directory
because they aim to preserve your data (application/DB data). So
after running the uninstaller, just drag the whole folder to the
trash.

Next, do the following at a terminal window:

which ruby
ruby -v
which rails
rails -v

You should get back
/usr/bin/ruby
ruby 1.8.7 (on Snow Leopard, maybe different on Leopard)
/usr/bin/rails
Rails 2.2.2 (again on SL, Leopard may be different)

If this checks out, go to mysql.org, downloads, community edition, and
pick the latest .DMG for OSX. Install. Install the startup script.
If you are on Leopard then install the preference pane. If you are on
SL, then go here: http://www.swoon.net/downloads/MySQL.prefPane.zip
and install the 64 bit pref pane.

Next, open up terminal again and do the following:

Leopard:
sudo gem install mysql −− −−with−mysql−config≡/usr/local/mysql/bin/
mysql_config

Snow Leopard:
env ARCHFLAGS=“-arch x86_64” gem install mysql – --with-mysql-
config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

(note there are two dashes after ‘mysql’ then a space, then two more
dashes before ‘with’)

Crack your knuckles, and in the terminal do the following:

cd
rails testapp -d mysql
cd testapp
script/server

Open up your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 and see if
you can see the “welcome aboard” message. If not post back exactly
what happened at which step.

On Sep 11, 10:43Â am, “John T.” [email protected]

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Brad wrote:

Hey john,

How do i make mongrel the default server?

Brad

Using the default OS X Leopard setup, it should just use mongrel. Double
check that it is installed:

gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***
…

mongrel (1.1.5)

…