# How to use Ruby on Rails on OS X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 28, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264 "2006-02-28T05:23:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264/1 "2006-02-28T05:23:54Z")

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Direct from the horse’s mouth. 🙂

[http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html](http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html)

Found via:

[http://digg.com/technology/Apple\_makes\_a\_concise\_Ruby\_on\_Rails\_tutorial](http://digg.com/technology/Apple_makes_a_concise_Ruby_on_Rails_tutorial)

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– Tom M.

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**Author:** ![tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264/2 "2006-02-28T14:17:49Z")

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> [http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html](http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html)

Too bad they didn’t mention Locomotive.

Alain

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**Author:** ![tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264/3 "2006-03-01T06:37:59Z")

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Alain R. wrote:

> > [http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html](http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html)
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> Too bad they didn’t mention Locomotive.

If you just want to experiment in a way you can easily remove the  
software if you don’t like it (but you will like it), definitely try  
Locomotive. All the components, servers and packages are all bundled up  
in a single drag-install app, called Locomotive. Don’t like it, drag it  
to the trash!

Mat Cucuzella

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**Author:** ![tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264/4 "2006-03-01T08:53:23Z")

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On 01 Mar 2006, at 06:37, Mat wrote:

> drag it  
> to the trash!

I’ve tried Locomotive, but it doesn’t seem to honor my edgerails  
installation. Edgerails is in the vendor’s directory, so it should  
load instead of Rails 1.0, but it doesn’t. Is this normal behavior?

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-ruby-on-rails-on-os-x/54264/5 "2006-03-01T11:59:39Z")

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On Wednesday, March 01, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Peter De Berdt wrote:

> I’ve tried Locomotive, but it doesn’t seem to honor my edgerails  
> installation. Edgerails is in the vendor’s directory, so it should  
> load instead of Rails 1.0, but it doesn’t. Is this normal behavior?

Locomotive and EdgeRails play well together. (Note that edge rails  
reports a version number of 1.0 if that’s what you’re going by…)

-r