# Running rails on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [August 16, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432 "2007-08-16T20:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloc)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432/1 "2007-08-16T20:53:06Z")
Hi guys, I initially developed an application using Locomotive on Mac OS X. I developed 2 applications which use one database. Now I would like to export them to a Linux box. How do I go about doing that. My applications use, Ruby-LDAP library and Net-SSH library. On the Linux box, I have installed Ruby gems and installed Rails successfully and also I ran the command ‘gem install net-ssh’ and installed that successfully. But this command ‘gem install ruby-ldap’ failed. Is there any reason it failed? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloc)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432/2 "2007-08-17T11:23:23Z")
Hi Jay What error message did you get when you tried to gem install ruby- ldap? The reason why it failed is probably in there somewhere. David ---
**Author:** ![bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloc)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432/3 "2007-08-18T05:41:16Z")
I recommend installing Ubuntu Server 6.10 LTS and using Capistrano along with the deprec gem [http://www.deprec.org/](http://www.deprec.org/) to install and configure everything you need. Be sure to install deprec before capistrano, so that it installs Capistrano 1.4.1 - not 2.0. This installs and configures Apache, MySQL, Mongrel, Mongrel\_Cluster, and all other gems you need to set up a deployment server. If you don’t have subversion set up already, there’s a recipe included for that, too. Take a look at the free PeepCode mini-episode on how to create a linux deployment box with deprec. It’s linked off this page: \ (The Capistrano screencast is definitely worth the $9, btw.) I just got through doing this myself this week, and I’m a Mac guy too. It’s definitely easier than configuring a Mac server - even with macports. (I tried that, first.) It will help if you have some familiarity with Debian-based linux. If you’ve used macports, apt- cache and apt-get will be easy to use to install anything else you might need. (I had to install Curl, to test my mongrel cluster, Postgres-8.2, and the ruby-postgres library.) The mini-episode is very good, but it missed one key point - the configuration which allows mongrel cluster to run on startup . Be sure to read this page, which covers it : [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/mongrel\_cluster.html](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/mongrel_cluster.html) Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloc)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432/4 "2007-08-18T05:57:17Z")
On 8/17/07, redbaritone [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I recommend installing Ubuntu Server 6.10 LTS and using Capistrano > along with the deprec gem [http://www.deprec.org/](http://www.deprec.org/) There is also RubyWorks: [http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com](http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com) It doesn’t cover as much ground as deprec, but works on RHEL, CentOS and Debian. – Alexey V. CruiseControl.rb [[http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com](http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com)] RubyWorks [[http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com](http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com)]