# Getting started

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/114906>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [September 18, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/114906 "2007-09-18T18:56:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![richardchaven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@richardchaven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richardchaven)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/114906/1 "2007-09-18T18:56:11Z")

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OK, so I’m going to drop into Radiant. Should I use the SVN or a  
release?  
I’ll probably be trying to write an extension or two but I don’t want to  
deal with not even getting it off the ground problems that might exist  
in  
the dev version. How “dev” is dev? Can I use it at all for first-time  
installation and playing or should I go with the release for that?

Thanx!  
Richard

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**Author:** ![richardchaven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@richardchaven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richardchaven)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/114906/2 "2007-09-18T21:26:45Z")

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Richard H. wrote:

> OK, so I’m going to drop into Radiant. Should I use the SVN or a release?  
> I’ll probably be trying to write an extension or two but I don’t want to  
> deal with not even getting it off the ground problems that might exist in  
> the dev version. How “dev” is dev? Can I use it at all for first-time  
> installation and playing or should I go with the release for that?

The dev version should work pretty well. I’d recommend that you install  
via the 0.6.2 gem and then freeze, run migrations, and update:

rake radiant:freeze:edge  
rake production db:migrate  
rake development db:migrate  
rake radiant:update

–  
John L.  
[http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com)