# How do I install RoR **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-install-ror/112765 "2007-08-23T00:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RoxyNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-install-ror/112765/1 "2007-08-23T00:25:26Z")
OK, I’ve heard how easy RoR is and how quick it is to develop with … but why is it so obscure to find what it is I need to download to install it? I can’t follow what I need to do from this initial message: Source: Compile it yourself Windows installer: Ruby, popular extensions, editor OS X: Ships with broken Ruby, follow this guide Do I need the source? What is the ‘broken source’? Sounds bad to me. Went into the Windows Installer and there are two files to downlaod - an exe and a md5 - Do I need both of these? And then there is the issue of RubyGems and perhaps a Rails install. Can anyone help me here? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RoxyNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-install-ror/112765/2 "2007-08-23T00:40:27Z")
On 8/22/07, RoxyNelson [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Do I need the source? What is the ‘broken source’? Sounds bad to me. > Went into the Windows Installer and there are two files to downlaod - > an exe and a md5 - Do I need both of these? And then there is the > issue of RubyGems and perhaps a Rails install. Can anyone help me > here? Thanks in advance. If you want to develop on windows, you don’t need source. Go to [www.ruby-lang.org](http://www.ruby-lang.org) and download the windows installer .exe. You don’t need the .md5. Run that to setup Ruby. It installs rubygems for you at the same time, so you don’t need to worry about that. You’ll need a database too. Go to [mysql.com](http://mysql.com) and download MySQL 5.0 for windows and install that. Then go to a command prompt and: gem install rails -y That’s all you need to install. You’re ready to create your Rails app. ---
**Author:** ![RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RoxyNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-install-ror/112765/3 "2007-08-23T01:14:28Z")
Thanks for your help! I’m sure the RoR download website could be a little more helpful for us real newbies. Thanks for the extra info on MySQL - I have that installed already so at least that’s one hurdle I don’t need to negotiate 🙂 Thanks once again. ---
**Author:** ![RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RoxyNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-install-ror/112765/4 "2007-08-23T11:05:00Z")
If you’re on Windows and are just flirting with RoR, InstantRails (although a large package) is a great idea. Cheers, Mohit. 8/23/2007 | 5:03 PM. ---
**Author:** ![RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RoxyNelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RoxyNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-install-ror/112765/5 "2007-08-23T13:44:24Z")
You can follow this guide: [http://www.appleblog.es/index.php/instalar-apache-2-mysql-php-y-ruby-on-rails-en-mac/](http://www.appleblog.es/index.php/instalar-apache-2-mysql-php-y-ruby-on-rails-en-mac/) Its in spanish but it has a code snippets…