# Software & Hardware Requirements for CentOS

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-hardware-requirements-for-centos/143633>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-hardware-requirements-for-centos/143633 "2008-07-21T11:42:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karthikeyan)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-hardware-requirements-for-centos/143633/1 "2008-07-21T11:42:41Z")

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Hi,

Can anybody list the Software and Hardware Requirements for CentOS to  
use Ruby On Rails?

Thanks in advance…

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**Author:** ![karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karthikeyan)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-hardware-requirements-for-centos/143633/2 "2008-07-21T15:46:14Z")

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On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:42 +0200, Karthi kn wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can anybody list the Software and Hardware Requirements for CentOS to  
> use Ruby On Rails?

The hardware requirements for CentOS are the same as the equivalent Red  
Hat Enterprise Linux. Do a Google search for Red Hat Hardware  
Compatibility and you should get the list.

As far as software is concerned, CentOS 5 does have Ruby available, as  
well as Apache, MySQL, etc. I think it may even have Rails built  
available in the standard repository. However, the versions of the  
packages involved were stable as of about a year ago, so you may find  
some features of “today’s” Rails missing. You’ll have security and bug  
fix updates since then, but few new features.

I’ve worked with CentOS 5 – it’s a nice platform. Because it’s as  
compatible as you can legally be with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, you  
can find all the documentation on the Red Hat site.

> Thanks in advance…  
> –  
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky  
> [ruby-perspectives.blogspot.com](http://ruby-perspectives.blogspot.com)

“A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.” –  
Alfréd Rényi via Paul  
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