# Ruby on Rails in Eclipse **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723 "2007-05-21T22:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/1 "2007-05-21T22:06:03Z")
Hello, I am trying to load Ruby on Rails into Eclipse. Before I get into my problem, I will tell you what I have done: I have downloaded Eclipse and Ruby. After downloading Ruby, I extracted it to my Eclipse folder. I have downloaded Ruby on Rails, I extracted RoR to its own file on my C Drive. Here is the trouble: O’Reilly has put up a very nice walkthrough at: > **[O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](https://www.oreilly.com)** > > Gain technology and business knowledge and hone your skills with learning resources created and curated by O'Reilly's experts: live online training, video, books, our platform has content from 200+ of the world's best publishers. I am going through this and it tells me to “Create a configuration, “Create Rails Application,” to create a Rails application. In the Location field, specify the rails.cmd file.” In the picture the file extension is listed as, "C:\rubyonrails\bin \rails.cmd I open my File Directory but I cannot find a “bin” file anywhere. My directory looks like this: C:/RubyonRails/Rails then the following directories: app, components, config, db, doc, lib, log, public, script, test, tmp, vendor. I also looked through the zip file to see if a bin file was located there, and I did not see it. Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/2 "2007-05-21T22:23:07Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > O’Reilly has put up a very nice walkthrough at: > directory looks like this: C:/RubyonRails/Rails > then the following directories: app, components, config, db, doc, lib, > log, public, script, test, tmp, vendor. > > I also looked through the zip file to see if a bin file was located > there, and I did not see it. > > Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you! I used Instant Rails to install Ruby and Ruby on Rails. It placed the rails.cmd file in my ruby\bin file. Maybe that is where it needs to go for Eclipse also. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/3 "2007-05-21T22:27:08Z")
My machine here at work has rails.cmd in C:\ruby\bin\ as well. I installed Rails as a gem from the command line. On 5/21/07, Michael W. Ryder [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > \rails.cmd > > I used Instant Rails to install Ruby and Ruby on Rails. It placed the > rails.cmd file in my ruby\bin file. Maybe that is where it needs to go > for Eclipse also. – “Hey brother christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.” -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/4 "2007-05-22T01:43:37Z")
On May 21, 1:17 pm, “Michael W. Ryder” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Here is the trouble: > > I open my File Directory but I cannot find a “bin” file anywhere. My > > rails.cmd file in my ruby\bin file. Maybe that is where it needs to go > > for Eclipse also.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I just downloaded Instant Rails and extracted it but no luck. I’ve never setup an environment like this before and I’m having quite a bit of trouble. Any suggestions? Maybe tutorials or something of that nature. I have downloaded Aptana, the Aptana plug-in for Eclipse, I’m having trouble connecting the dots. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/5 "2007-05-22T00:13:31Z")
Melissa, Is Ruby on Rails installed? The bin directory is the directory in the installation directory. thanks, Deepak “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: Hello, I am trying to load Ruby on Rails into Eclipse. Before I get into my problem, I will tell you what I have done: I have downloaded Eclipse and Ruby. After downloading Ruby, I extracted it to my Eclipse folder. I have downloaded Ruby on Rails, I extracted RoR to its own file on my C Drive. Here is the trouble: O’Reilly has put up a very nice walkthrough at: > **[O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](https://www.oreilly.com)** > > Gain technology and business knowledge and hone your skills with learning resources created and curated by O'Reilly's experts: live online training, video, books, our platform has content from 200+ of the world's best publishers. I am going through this and it tells me to “Create a configuration, “Create Rails Application,” to create a Rails application. In the Location field, specify the rails.cmd file.” In the picture the file extension is listed as, "C:\rubyonrails\bin \rails.cmd I open my File Directory but I cannot find a “bin” file anywhere. My directory looks like this: C:/RubyonRails/Rails then the following directories: app, components, config, db, doc, lib, log, public, script, test, tmp, vendor. I also looked through the zip file to see if a bin file was located there, and I did not see it. Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/6 "2007-05-22T02:35:40Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > Here is the trouble: > > > log, public, script, test, tmp, vendor. > > > never setup an environment like this before and I’m having quite a bit > > > of trouble. Any suggestions? Maybe tutorials or something of that > > > nature. I have downloaded Aptana, the Aptana plug-in for Eclipse, I’m > > > having trouble connecting the dots. Did Instant Rails add the Ruby.cmd file to its Ruby\bin folder? Instant Rails includes a copy of Ruby in one of its folders, so you should have something like c:\InstantRails\Ruby\bin\ruby.cmd for the file. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/7 "2007-05-22T01:47:37Z")
Melissa, Install the Ruby on Rails Windows Installer, not the Instant Rails. [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=167](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167) thanks, Deepak “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: On May 21, 1:17 pm, “Michael W. Ryder” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Here is the trouble: > > I open my File Directory but I cannot find a “bin” file anywhere. My > > rails.cmd file in my ruby\bin file. Maybe that is where it needs to go > > for Eclipse also.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I just downloaded Instant Rails and extracted it but no luck. I’ve never setup an environment like this before and I’m having quite a bit of trouble. Any suggestions? Maybe tutorials or something of that nature. I have downloaded Aptana, the Aptana plug-in for Eclipse, I’m having trouble connecting the dots. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-eclipse/104723/8 "2007-05-22T02:40:40Z")
Michael W. Ryder wrote: > > > > C Drive. > > > > directory looks like this: C:/RubyonRails/Rails > > > > I just downloaded Instant Rails and extracted it but no luck. I’ve > > never setup an environment like this before and I’m having quite a bit > > of trouble. Any suggestions? Maybe tutorials or something of that > > nature. I have downloaded Aptana, the Aptana plug-in for Eclipse, I’m > > having trouble connecting the dots. > > Did Instant Rails add the Ruby.cmd file to its Ruby\bin folder? Instant > Rails includes a copy of Ruby in one of its folders, so you should have > something like c:\InstantRails\Ruby\bin\ruby.cmd for the file. Change all instances of ruby.cmd to rails.cmd in my reply. That’s what I get for trying to think while writing.