# Redcar install **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 14, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118 "2010-03-14T11:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/1 "2010-03-14T11:25:57Z")
I’ve downloaded, using git redcar with : zsh-% git clone git://github.com/danlucraft/redcar.git zsh-% git checkout stable fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git zsh-% cd redcar zsh-% git checkout stable error: Updating ‘textmate’ would lose untracked files in it zsh-% git submodule init zsh-% git submodule update Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/openssl/.git/ remote: Counting objects: 3281, done. … Resolving deltas: 100% (1869/1869), done. fatal: reference is not a tree: e824707f13942306d777671179d36c181d0c9e52 Unable to checkout ‘e824707f13942306d777671179d36c181d0c9e52’ in submodule path ‘vendor/java-mateview’ zsh-% i wonder for this fatal error, did I forgot something ? does exists a precompiled package for redcar ? ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/2 "2010-03-14T12:42:02Z")
2010/3/14 Une Bévue [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > I’ve downloaded, using git redcar with : > > zsh-% git clone git://github.com/danlucraft/redcar.git > > zsh-% git checkout stable > fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git I am waaay to stupid to understand GIT but I am fighting 😉 Newer versions suport git clone -b stable-branch git:/… to clone the branch you want which might save you some troubles, please note that the stable branch’s name is “stable-branch” and that git checkout cannot work if you have not created the branch locally first, but if you do this cd blueplane git branch stable-branch git checkout stable-branch but pulling is a bad idea now ☹ Hopefully some git guru help us here 😉 git pull origin stable-branch but this is probably not the right way ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/3 "2010-03-15T11:21:39Z")
Une Bévue wrote: > I’ve downloaded, using git redcar with : > > zsh-% git clone git://github.com/danlucraft/redcar.git > > zsh-% git checkout stable > fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git Hi, the README is a good place to start: [GitHub - danlucraft/redcar: A cross-platform programmer's editor written in Ruby.](http://github.com/danlucraft/redcar) Try following the ‘Installing From Source’ section. Did you see the steps you were following somewhere online? thanks, Dan ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/4 "2010-03-15T13:36:45Z")
Daniel L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > the README is a good place to start: [GitHub - danlucraft/redcar: A cross-platform programmer's editor written in Ruby.](http://github.com/danlucraft/redcar) > Try following the ‘Installing From Source’ section. > > Did you see the steps you were following somewhere online? yes except i had make use of “git checkout stable” after git clone git://github.com/danlucraft/redcar.git and were stuck with fatal error after “git submodule update”. following your advice i did a rm -rf redcar and started a new redcar installation from source that’ to say (following the [redcar/README.md at master · danlucraft/redcar · GitHub](http://github.com/danlucraft/redcar/blob/master/README.md)) : $ git clone git://github.com/danlucraft/redcar.git $ cd redcar $ git submodule init $ git submodule update here i have to do : $ jruby bin/redcar install then i think i’ve to install jruby first ? but whicn one ? the one from source : Current Release: JRuby 1.4.0 or the one from MacPorts being of 1.1.6 ? anyway i’ll install the one from source in my home. ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/5 "2010-03-15T14:05:27Z")
Une Bévue [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > but whicn one ? > > the one from source : > Current Release: JRuby 1.4.0 > > or the one from MacPorts being of 1.1.6 ? > > anyway i’ll install the one from source in my home. finally i’ve installed the MacPorts jruby being of 1.4.0 : zsh-% sudo port install jruby —\> Computing dependencies for jruby —\> Fetching jruby —\> Attempting to fetch jruby-src-1.4.0.tar.gz from [http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/jruby](http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/jruby) —\> Verifying checksum(s) for jruby —\> Extracting jruby —\> Configuring jruby —\> Building jruby —\> Staging jruby into destroot —\> Installing jruby @1.4.0\_0 —\> Activating jruby @1.4.0\_0 —\> Cleaning jruby zsh-% which jruby /opt/local/bin/jruby (Notice following Safari the jruby sources are, at this time, not reachable from : [http://jruby.kenai.com/downloads/1.4.0/jruby-bin-1.4.0.tar.gz](http://jruby.kenai.com/downloads/1.4.0/jruby-bin-1.4.0.tar.gz) ) then, i did : $ jruby bin/redcar install giving : … Done! You’re ready to run Redcar. then, following the README : zsh-% jruby -S rake build (in /Users/yt/git/redcar) rake aborted! no such file to load – cucumber/rake/task /Users/yt/git/redcar/Rakefile:4 (See full trace by running task with --trace) the option --trace (or -trace) seems to be unknown : zsh-% jruby -trace rake build jruby: unknown option -trace zsh-% jruby --trace rake build jruby: unknown option --trace anyway i wanted to launch redcar : zsh-% jruby -J-XstartOnFirstThread bin/redcar Redcar 0.3.4 ( java ) Can’t find jruby jar at /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar, did you run ‘redcar install’ ? yes i ran “jruby bin/redcar install” and if i want to downlaod, by myself, “ruby-complete-1.4.0.jar,” i get, as preceedingly : [http://jruby.kenai.com/downloads/1.4.0/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar](http://jruby.kenai.com/downloads/1.4.0/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar) unable to connect to the server “[jruby.kenai.com](http://jruby.kenai.com)”, may be it is down ? ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/6 "2010-03-15T14:44:33Z")
Une Bévue wrote: > Daniel L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > the README is a good place to start: [GitHub - danlucraft/redcar: A cross-platform programmer's editor written in Ruby.](http://github.com/danlucraft/redcar) > > Try following the ‘Installing From Source’ section. > > finally i got recar working after installing “jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar” > in redcar/lib For everyone else reading this thread, the easier way to install redcar (if you don’t want to hack on the source code but just want to use the editor) is to install it as a gem. You don’t even need jruby installed: ``` sudo gem install redcar sudo redcar install redcar ``` thanks, Dan ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/7 "2010-03-15T19:55:33Z")
2010/3/15 Une Bévue [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > or the one from MacPorts being of 1.1.6 ? Bleh…MacPorts is still on 1.1.6? That’s almost a year and a half old ☹ - Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/8 "2010-03-15T14:15:24Z")
Daniel L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > the README is a good place to start: [GitHub - danlucraft/redcar: A cross-platform programmer's editor written in Ruby.](http://github.com/danlucraft/redcar) > Try following the ‘Installing From Source’ section. finally i got recar working after installing “jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar” in redcar/lib however : zsh-% jruby -S rake build (in /Users/yt/git/redcar) rake aborted! no such file to load – cucumber/rake/task /Users/yt/git/redcar/Rakefile:4 (See full trace by running task with --trace) but i’m able to launch it : zsh-% jruby -J-XstartOnFirstThread bin/redcar Redcar 0.3.4 ( java ) java -XstartOnFirstThread -Xmx500m -Xss1024k -Djruby.memory.max=500m -Djruby.stack.max=1024k -cp “/Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar” org.jruby.Main “/Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/redcar/…/…/bin/redcar” --no-sub-jruby Redcar 0.3.4 ( java ) loading osx64/swt Error loading plugin: \0] 0 files\> no such file to load – jruby-prof file:/Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar!/META-INF/jruby.h ome/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require’ file:/Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar!/META-INF/jruby.h ome/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require' /Users/yt/git/redcar/plugins/redcar_debug/lib/redcar_debug.rb:3 /Users/yt/git/redcar/plugins/redcar_debug/lib/redcar_debug.rb:31:in `require’ file:/Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/jruby-complete-1.4.0.jar!/META-INF/jruby.h ome/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require’ /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/plugin\_manager/lib/plugin\_manager/plugin\_defini tion.rb:28:in `load’ /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/plugin\_manager/lib/plugin\_manager/plugin\_defini tion.rb:44:in `log\_requires’ /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/plugin\_manager/lib/plugin\_manager/plugin\_defini tion.rb:27:in `load' /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/plugin_manager/lib/plugin_manager.rb:49:in `load’ /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/redcar.rb:91:in `load’ /Users/yt/git/redcar/lib/redcar/…/…/bin/redcar:21 There was an error loading plugins: - redcar\_debug took 10.712s to attach bundle menus took 0.001s to attach bundle menus Lost application focus thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Une\_BSSSSvue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcar-install/185118/9 "2010-03-15T22:39:29Z")
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Charles Oliver N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 2010/3/15 Une Bévue [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > or the one from MacPorts being of 1.1.6 ? > > Bleh…MacPorts is still on 1.1.6? That’s almost a year and a half old ☹ Potentially stupid question: Would RVM help on Mac? R.