# Ruby setup on mac

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888 "2008-04-04T17:18:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmurtha)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888/1 "2008-04-04T17:18:25Z")

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I followed the setup instructions on hivelogic website for installing  
ruby on mac leopard. The trouble I am having now is that the default  
db is sqlite rather than mysql. I don’t know how to change my ruby  
config from sqlite to mysql. Can someone point me in the right  
direction?

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**Author:** ![jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmurtha)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888/2 "2008-04-04T17:20:46Z")

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rails -d mysql your\_app\_name

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**Author:** ![jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmurtha)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888/3 "2008-04-04T17:38:50Z")

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Is this for a new or existing project?

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**Author:** ![jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmurtha)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888/4 "2008-04-04T17:40:02Z")

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This is for a new project.  
You only need to change database.yml if you have an existing project.

Refer to:

> **[Rails 2.0.2: Some new defaults and a few fixes](https://rubyonrails.org/2007/12/17/rails-2-0-2-some-new-defaults-and-a-few-fixes)**
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> Now that we have the big Rails 2.0 release out the door, it’s a lot easier to push out smaller updates more frequently. So that’s what we’re going to do. Rails 2.0.2 contains a bunch of smaller fixes to various bugs, no show-stopping action, just...

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**Author:** ![jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jmurtha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmurtha)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-on-mac/133888/5 "2008-04-08T03:30:02Z")

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By the way, why did you install Ruby from Hivelogic on Leopard. Mac OS  
X Leopard comes with Ruby built right in. It’s what I use and I’ve  
seen no problems using it. It’s find, but I was just curious.