# Ruby on Rails Installation Help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 1, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896 "2007-01-01T17:53:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexanderrmorrow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896/1 "2007-01-01T17:53:38Z")

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I’m searching for a comprehensive, detail-oriented guide to installing  
Ruby on Rails and all the necessary programs on Mac OS X Version  
10.4.8. I have not been able to find an updated version that covers the  
most basic details for a true beginner at programming. Does anyone know  
of any updated guides? Every guide seems outdated.

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**Author:** ![alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexanderrmorrow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896/2 "2007-01-01T18:49:42Z")

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Hi Alex,

alexanderrmorrow wrote:

> I have not been able to find an updated version that covers the most  
> basic details for a true beginner at programming.

My advice would be to start with Locomotive (  
[http://locomotive.raaum.org/](http://locomotive.raaum.org/) ). Installing a system like Rails from  
scratch  
requires knowledge that you don’t currently have, that takes quite a  
while  
to acquire, and that won’t help you learn programming.

hth,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexanderrmorrow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896/3 "2007-01-01T18:59:43Z")

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This is fine but I would really like to learn how to install Rails from  
scratch.

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**Author:** ![alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexanderrmorrow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896/4 "2007-01-01T22:18:05Z")

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Ditoo what koloa says. I’ve run thru the hivelogic tutorial a couple of  
times on 10.4.6+ with success. Follow it to the letter and it should  
work fine.

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**Author:** ![alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@alexanderrmorrow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexanderrmorrow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-installation-help/80896/5 "2007-01-01T21:11:22Z")

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for me the hivelogic tutorial was the best out of the 4-5 tutorials out  
there.

> **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)**
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> Dan Benjamin's personal website.

however, you need to follow the directions very closly or else things  
will go fishy.

alexanderrmorrow wrote:

> This is fine but I would really like to learn how to install Rails from  
> scratch.