# Installing Rails, noobhelp needed!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-noobhelp-needed/135524>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 22, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-noobhelp-needed/135524 "2008-04-22T21:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![globalrev](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@globalrev](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/globalrev)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-noobhelp-needed/135524/1 "2008-04-22T21:17:37Z")

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> **[Ruby on Rails](https://rubyonrails.org)**
>
> A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

rails path/to/your/new/application  
cd path/to/your/new/application  
ruby script/server

i dont get exactly what im supposed ti wrote there.  
1.the location of rails on my harddrive C:\ruby…  
2.how do i write cd… cd… cd cat in one command?  
if thats what im supposed to?  
3. this i dont even get?

and is this supposed to be written int he editor scite then laucnhed  
from cmd?

and does it matter if i use / or \ in the path descriptions?

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**Author:** ![globalrev](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@globalrev](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/globalrev)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-noobhelp-needed/135524/2 "2008-04-22T22:41:53Z")

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On 22 Apr, 21:26, Phillip G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
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> [Radar – O’Reilly](http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/12/14/revisiting-ruby-on-rail)…  
> Phillip G.  
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i figured it otu those were cmd-line commands.

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**Author:** ![globalrev](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@globalrev](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/globalrev)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-noobhelp-needed/135524/3 "2008-04-22T21:28:12Z")

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globalrev wrote:  
| [Ruby on Rails — A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.](http://www.rubyonrails.org/down)  
|  
| rails path/to/your/new/application  
| cd path/to/your/new/application  
| ruby script/server  
|  
| i dont get exactly what im supposed ti wrote there.  
| 1.the location of rails on my harddrive C:\ruby…  
| 2.how do i write cd… cd… cd cat in one command?  
| if thats what im supposed to?  
| 3. this i dont even get?  
|  
|  
| and is this supposed to be written int he editor scite then laucnhed  
| from cmd?

> **[Radar - O’Reilly](https://www.oreilly.com/radar/)**
>
> Now, next, and beyond: Tracking need-to-know trends at the intersection of business and technology

Note: This is a bit outdated, but should still get you started.

From: [http://rubyonrails.com/docs](http://rubyonrails.com/docs)

Also, it’s better to ask Rails questions to the Rails community:

> **[Community](https://rubyonrails.org/community)**
>
> A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

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Phillip G.  
Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan)

~ - You know you’ve been hacking too long when…  
…your friends who aren’t hackers wonder what happened to you.  
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