# RoR on your web server

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-your-web-server/113238>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 29, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-your-web-server/113238 "2007-08-29T05:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elle)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-your-web-server/113238/1 "2007-08-29T05:33:18Z")

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Well, my first question for this group. So hi everyone,

I just installed RoR on my Mac today and would like to develop a site  
for a client but I don’t know whether his web space has RoR on it  
(probably not) and if not, would it be possible to install it on the  
web server? would I need special permissions for it? and if possible,  
how do I do that on a Linux server?

TIA,  
Elle

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**Author:** ![elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elle)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-your-web-server/113238/2 "2007-08-29T05:55:19Z")

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elle wrote:

> Well, my first question for this group. So hi everyone,
> 
> I just installed RoR on my Mac today and would like to develop a site  
> for a client but I don’t know whether his web space has RoR on it  
> (probably not) and if not, would it be possible to install it on the  
> web server? would I need special permissions for it? and if possible,  
> how do I do that on a Linux server?  
> Hi Elle,

To install and configure RoR you will most likely need root access, or  
ask the hosting provider to do it. Guides for installing on most recent  
distributions are available. What distribution and version of Linux are  
you targeting? What webserver are they using? Theres a Google Group  
specifically for deploying Rails application at  
[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment) which may be a  
good place to look as well.

Cheers,

Anthony

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**Author:** ![elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elle)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-your-web-server/113238/3 "2007-08-29T07:01:22Z")

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> Anthony

Thanks Anthony. Cheching the other group now.

Cheers,  
Elle