# New to Ruby... installation questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135 "2006-04-07T13:19:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/1 "2006-04-07T13:19:06Z")
Hi all, I’m looking into installing Ruby on Rails on my dedicated server which is RH Linux with a traditional PHP/MySQL/Apache configuration. I’m not an expert Linux user, but I can hold my own. My server hosts around 15 domains with websites of various complexity, some shops, some CMS, some completely flat. I’m looking for a tutorial explaining how to install Ruby on Rails in this environment and the associated pitfalls. My first and foremost concern is that there mustn’t be any conflicts with my current environment. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks Kevin ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/2 "2006-04-07T17:10:25Z")
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 13:19 +0200, Kevin Price-Ward wrote: > with my current environment. Can anyone point me in the right direction? * * * this will get you through most of it - but that of course there isn’t a product called Red Hat Linux anymore. If you are speaking of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you would have to use RHEL 4 and get some ruby updates which are available from [http://dev.centos.org](http://dev.centos.org) As for not having any conflicts with your current environment, I’m not taking the bait but I would suppose that means that you are running apache so you would probably want to check out the wiki pages for installing mod\_fastcgi with RHEL 4 on [wiki.rubyonrails.org](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org) Craig ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/3 "2006-04-07T17:25:43Z")
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 08:09 -0700, Craig W. wrote: > > My first and foremost concern is that there mustn’t be any conflicts > > taking the bait but I would suppose that means that you are running > > apache so you would probably want to check out the wiki pages for > > installing mod\_fastcgi with RHEL 4 on [wiki.rubyonrails.org](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org) * * * oops - forgot to include the link for the ‘this would get you through most of it reference’ [http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/howto/fc4rails/](http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/howto/fc4rails/) Craig ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/4 "2006-04-08T17:58:05Z")
Super link, many thanks Craig. Just got hold of a copy of ‘Agile Web Development with Rails’ by Dave T. and David Heinemeier H. which also looks good. I’ve read that fastcgi has some issues with Apache 2.0, which is going to be a problem as that’s what I run. If I’m just looking to get started with Ruby, I don’t ‘have’ to use fastcgi do I? I might just look at setting up a completely new development environment with lighttpd if these initial trials go well… any thoughts? Regards Kevin ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/5 "2006-04-08T18:58:07Z")
On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 17:58 +0200, Guest wrote: > Super link, many thanks Craig. Just got hold of a copy of ‘Agile Web > Development with Rails’ by Dave T. and David Heinemeier H. > which also looks good. I’ve read that fastcgi has some issues with > Apache 2.0, which is going to be a problem as that’s what I run. If I’m > just looking to get started with Ruby, I don’t ‘have’ to use fastcgi do > I? I might just look at setting up a completely new development > environment with lighttpd if these initial trials go well… any > thoughts? * * * I develop using webrick. I have production mode on a system using apache w/ fastcgi - so far it seems ok and hasn’t caused any problems but I respect the fact that many more knowledgeable than I suggest that lighttpd w/ fcgi is faster than apache w/ fastcgi - so far, speed is not material. To start learning/developing, ignore apache, lighttpd, mongrel, etc. and simply use the built-in webrick web server. You can adjust later. Craig ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/6 "2006-04-08T23:36:15Z")
webrick is bundled with Ruby isn’t it? Sorry if this is a really daft question but if I install Ruby on my linux box which is running apache, how would I start trying out Ruby on the Webrick web server when my apache web server is answering on port 80? Cheers Kevin ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/7 "2006-04-09T00:56:15Z")
I’ve installed ruby, and rails now, all seemed to go fine… can’t seem to start the server though. [root@ns bin]# pwd /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.1/bin [root@ns bin]# ls about console generate plugin rails server breakpointer destroy performance process runner [root@ns bin]# ruby server server:2:in `require’: no such file to load – ./…/config/boot (LoadError) from server:2 Anyone see the problem? Thanks Kevin ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/8 "2006-04-09T01:04:04Z")
Doh… hadn’t read far enough in my book. The command ‘rails/demo’ created the necessary server file! All up and running now… hurra! ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kevin\_Price-Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Price-Ward)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-installation-questions/57135/9 "2006-04-08T23:42:07Z")
On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 23:36 +0200, Kevin Price-Ward wrote: > webrick is bundled with Ruby isn’t it? > > Sorry if this is a really daft question but if I install Ruby on my > linux box which is running apache, how would I start trying out Ruby on > the Webrick web server when my apache web server is answering on port > 80? * * * default port for webrick is 3000 (which is changeable) Craig