# Virtual rails....installing rails? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/virtual-rails-installing-rails/192956 "2010-08-09T05:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **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:** [August 9, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/virtual-rails-installing-rails/192956/1 "2010-08-09T05:54:13Z")
I am running windows vista on my laptop. i installed virtual machine and virtual rails and am using linux mint. after the installation i followed a tutorial which had me do the following: 1. Log in and open a terminal if you need to. First we’ll install Ruby 1.8 and Ruby’s development libraries. We’ll also install IRB, which is quite useful while trying Ruby programming. sudo apt-get install ruby ruby1.8-dev irb You will be prompted for your password so be sure to get it right! 2. Now that Ruby’s installed, let’s install SQLite 3. SQLite is a lightweight, file-based database that’s good for development. Feel free to use another database here if you’d like, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. sudo apt-get install sqlite3 both these installations were succesful. I tried following the 3rd installation but I could not find the exe. file to open and install rails 1. Now let’s start installing Rails. First you’ll need RubyGems. Download it this way: wget [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5) … 0.8.11.tgz 1. Now unpack the RubyGems package: tar -zxvf rubygems-0.8.11.tgz ---
**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:** [August 9, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/virtual-rails-installing-rails/192956/2 "2010-08-09T11:37:49Z")
On 9 August 2010 10:34, Chris M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > There is no .exe installer. The .tgz file is like a .zip file, and it > just contains the source code for RubyGems. The tutorial should give > you instructions on how to then install that source code to your > system; it’ll look something like: > > $ cd rubygems-0.8.11 > $ sudo ruby setup.rb Also, that is a _very_ old version of RubyGems – this must be an old tutorial. If you’re trying to use the latest Rails gems with this, you’ll likely run into trouble. I strongly recommend you use the latest version of RubyGems instead (1.3.7 at time of writing); you can download it from here: [http://rubygems.org/pages/download](http://rubygems.org/pages/download) Chris ---
**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:** [August 9, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/virtual-rails-installing-rails/192956/3 "2010-08-09T11:35:29Z")
On 9 August 2010 04:53, Rich d [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > You will be prompted for your password so be sure to get it right! > > 1. Now let’s start installing Rails. First you’ll need RubyGems. > Download it this way: > > wget [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5) … 0.8.11.tgz > > 1. Now unpack the RubyGems package: > > tar -zxvf rubygems-0.8.11.tgz There is no .exe installer. The .tgz file is like a .zip file, and it just contains the source code for RubyGems. The tutorial should give you instructions on how to then install that source code to your system; it’ll look something like: $ cd rubygems-0.8.11 $ sudo ruby setup.rb Chris ---
**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:** [August 9, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/virtual-rails-installing-rails/192956/4 "2010-08-09T13:46:37Z")
Hi Rich, You must have misunderstood the goal of virtualrails 🙂 All you try to install is _ **ALREADY** _ installed on virtualrails : ruby, rails, sqlite, rubygems, and so on…(see complete list of what is already in virtualrails here : [http://www.virtualrails.org/node/6](http://www.virtualrails.org/node/6) So you can bypass the “installation and configuration” parts of your tutorials and start directly at “create a new rails application” ! cheers 🙂 Jérôme