# Re: Rails on FreeBSD

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rails-on-freebsd/87922>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 6, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rails-on-freebsd/87922 "2007-03-06T22:38:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jordan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jordan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jordan_K)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rails-on-freebsd/87922/1 "2007-03-06T22:38:36Z")

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On 3/4/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello everyone. I want to use my server to test my Rails scripts. My  
> server is running with FreeBDS, so my question is what I have to do to  
> install Ruby on Rails on FreeBDS? 🙂 Thanks in advance. Maybe that is  
> stupid question, but I am newbie 😛

Assuming you mean FreeBSD, use the ports tree (or pkg\_add) to install  
your dependencies  
(database, web server, etc), ruby, rubygems, then gem install rails as  
usual.

J.

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jordan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jordan_K)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rails-on-freebsd/87922/2 "2007-03-07T13:45:19Z")

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Jordan K. wrote:

> usual.  
> Even simpler:

cd /usr/ports/www/rubygem-rails && make install clean

Jonathan

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