Here's a link (http://www.petercooper.co.uk/installing-ruby-186-from- source-on-ubuntu-feisty-fawn-49.html) with instructions on installing from source. Not sure what flavour of ubuntu you are using. This one's for feisty fawn.
As far as definitely saying 1.8.6 is what you want, I can't guarantee that this is your issue but I can say that lovd works with this version and that the errors you mentioned, with a brief bit of googling, seems to be the problem. There are also an infinite number of possibilities in regards to what your problems might be. I'm not a linux guru. I personally would tend to try and find a guide that other people have commented as having worked and follow it verbatim if I was going from scratch, but that's because I'm not confident about fixing up issues myself. If you are comfortable with installing and setting up a server with apache then half your battle is won. Jason ;) On 22/02/2009, at 5:12 PM, KtyKat223 wrote: > > Srry about the multiple posting!!! My browser got "stuck on stupid" > for a moment. > > On Feb 22, 1:10 am, KtyKat223 <[email protected]> wrote: >> So your definitely saying it's best to go with 1.8.6 b/c lovdbyless >> isn't ready for the newer versions.? any recommendations on the best >> place to download it from then? I wouldn't want to download something >> that could possibly be comprimised. And again, THANK YOU for all your >> help and advice!! It is greatly appeciated!! >> >> On Feb 21, 11:47 pm, Jason Keenan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes it does seem to say 1.8.7 on the rails site. It was 1.8.3 that >>> was the problem one. >> >>> Having a bit of a google around it seems that there are some changes >>> in 1.8.7 that break some rails apps. So technically it seems like it >>> might be a lovd-by-less problem. >> >>> For lovd-by-less I think you should go with 1.8.6. I think there are >>> some added things in 1.8.7 and as everyone migrates to 1.9 lovd will >>> most likely go with it. >> >>> Jason >>> On 22/02/2009, at 2:12 PM, KtyKat223 wrote: >> >>>> P.S I just saw on rubyonrails.org they're recommending 1.8.7 .?.? >>>> thats probably why the ubuntu repository has only v 1.8.7 . But >>>> if you >>>> still recommend 1.8.6 I'll find and install it from somewhere else. >>>> I'll just work on my other prob for the time being. >> >>>> On Feb 21, 10:06 pm, KtyKat223 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> just removed ruby 1.8.7 and went to install 1.8.6 . It's not >>>>> there. >>>>> the repository only has v 1.8.7 and apparently 1.9 . so now i >>>>> need to >>>>> find an outside source to download 1.8.6 . I just hope that >>>>> doesn't >>>>> cause probs with installing the nessesary gems. Oh well, back >>>>> to the >>>>> begining with trying to get it to work! >> >>>>> On Feb 21, 8:40 pm, Jason Keenan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>> Hi, >> >>>>>> A quick look at google hinted that, as mentioned, your ruby >>>>>> version >>>>>> could be causing this problem. Rails recommends 1.8.6 and I'm >>>>>> pretty >>>>>> sure actually warns against 1.8.7. I found thishttp:// >>>>>> www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?t=13893whichisn'texactlythe >>>>>> same but sounds familiar. >> >>>>>> As far as making apache work with ROR, there are a ridiculous >>>>>> amount >>>>>> of tutorials out there. The main problem is deciding which one >>>>>> you >>>>>> want to go with. I think you'll find that your local development >>>>>> version is working because it's getting served by either >>>>>> webrick or >>>>>> mongrel and never touching apache. >> >>>>>> Like you said, make sure your shebang lines are correct in your >>>>>> dispatch.fcgi and dispatch.rb files and make sure your .htaccess >>>>>> file >>>>>> is set up properly. >> >>>>>> For the css, make sure that the SITE = RAILS_ENV == >>>>>> 'production' ? >>>>>> 'lovdbyless.com' : 'localhost:3000' line in your >>>>>> global_variables.rb >>>>>> file reads SITE = RAILS_ENV == 'production' ? >>>>>> 'mypublicfacingurl.com' : 'localhost:3000' so that the browser >>>>>> can >>>>>> find the css file. >> >>>>>> Jason >> >>>>>> On 22/02/2009, at 5:50 AM, KtyKat223 wrote: >> >>>>>>> While working with it I actually set all the permission on it at >>>>>>> 775. >>>>>>> I was going to drop them to where they needed to be once I knew >>>>>>> everything would work properly. the only logs I get when I try >>>>>>> to get >>>>>>> apache to serve the site are the apache error log >> >>>>>>> [Sat Feb 21 12:47:22 2009] [warn] (104)Connection reset by peer: >>>>>>> mod_fcgid: read data from fastcgi server error. >>>>>>> [Sat Feb 21 12:47:22 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature >>>>>>> end of >>>>>>> script headers: dispatch.fcgi >>>>>>> [Sat Feb 21 12:47:28 2009] [notice] mod_fcgid: process /var/www/ >>>>>>> lovdbyless/public/dispatch.fcgi(5130) exit(communication error), >>>>>>> terminated by calling exit(), return code: 255 >> >>>>>>> and once in a while in the fast cgi crash log in the lovdbyless >>>>>>> logs >> >>>>>>> # Logfile created on Fri Feb 20 15:42:52 -0500 2009 by / >>>>>>> [20/Feb/2009:15:42:52 :: 13156] starting >>>>>>> [20/Feb/2009:15:42:52 :: 13156] stopping gracefully >>>>>>> [20/Feb/2009:18:59:29 :: 25203] starting >>>>>>> [20/Feb/2009:18:59:29 :: 25203] stopping gracefully >> >>>>>>> And when i say server Yes it is one I'm setting up my self. It >>>>>>> belongs >>>>>>> to a friend of mine and I'm doing this as a favor for him. >>>>>>> It's an >>>>>>> actual rack mount server. A little older model but it is a very >>>>>>> nice >>>>>>> one (more than enough for what he'll be using it for) and it was >>>>>>> still >>>>>>> in the box unopened when he got it. Right now it works fine with >>>>>>> everything he needs on it except for an error in a part of the >>>>>>> online >>>>>>> store thats on it. but while I was figuring that out I was >>>>>>> fooling >>>>>>> around with this for the space on the server i get to use. It >>>>>>> is a >>>>>>> complete fully functioning web server (except for the ecommerce >>>>>>> site >>>>>>> till I figure that 1 lil prob out). But as I said earlier, this >>>>>>> is the >>>>>>> first time I've done anything with ROR. and any advice is >>>>>>> more than >>>>>>> welcome. Especially since I have found extremely little info >>>>>>> anywhere >>>>>>> about getting ROR to play nicely with apache. As far as being >>>>>>> explicit >>>>>>> I'm not sure what info your looking for although I'm pretty >>>>>>> sure, >>>>>>> while I was typing this, I just found the reason rails won't >>>>>>> start. I >>>>>>> Just realized that the place the dispatch.fcgi header is >>>>>>> pointing to >>>>>>> doesn't exist. I just need to find where ruby is on this machine >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> point it there. Hopefully that will fix the rails failing to >>>>>>> start >>>>>>> prob. because when i run the command >> >>>>>>> ruby dispatch.fcgi >> >>>>>>> the output is "perfect" if there is such a thing. I wonder if >>>>>>> that >>>>>>> might be why the CSS wont work in production? or from a >>>>>>> client even >>>>>>> while in developement? >> >>>>>>> On Feb 21, 9:15 am, Jason Keenan <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hey there, >> >>>>>>>> Check the log to see if there is anything there. I had some >>>>>>>> problems >>>>>>>> with the latest version of rails too. With a failed to start >>>>>>>> message, >>>>>>>> nothing in the logs though cause, funnily enough, it fails to >>>>>>>> start. >> >>>>>>>> For the CSS, make sure you have your production domain set in >>>>>>>> global_variables.rb >> >>>>>>>> For the failed to start bit, make sure you have the correct >>>>>>>> permissions set on the files. All the folders should 755 and >>>>>>>> files >>>>>>>> should be 644 except dispatch.fcgi from memory which should >>>>>>>> also be >>>>>>>> 755. I installed straight from git and there were unfortunately >>>>>>>> some >>>>>>>> permission glitches. You will also need to adapt your .htaccess >>>>>>>> file >>>>>>>> in the public folder to suit your setup. >> >>>>>>>> When you say 'your server', is this one you've set up yourself >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> scratch or a hosting service. If you've set it up yourself then >>>>>>>> you'll have some fun getting it working easily. If the >>>>>>>> latter, the >>>>>>>> tips above might help. You probably need to give a more >>>>>>>> explicit >>>>>>>> description of what you are doing or have done. >> >>>>>>>> Jason :) >> >>>>>>>> On 21/02/2009, at 4:26 PM, Steven Bristol wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM, KtyKat223 >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>> I guess it's my turn to finally ask a question. After all >>>>>>>>>> I did >>>>>>>>>> figure >>>>>>>>>> out everything else on my own! It took me two days of >>>>>>>>>> workarounds to >>>>>>>>>> install everything I needed to run LovdByLess on my server. I >>>>>>>>>> have it >>>>>>>>>> running fine in development mode while accessing it on the >>>>>>>>>> localhost. >>>>>>>>>> But when I run it in production mode the CSS doesn't work. >>>>>>>>>> Also >>>>>>>>>> if I >>>>>>>>>> try to access it on the network even in development mode >>>>>>>>>> the CSS >>>>>>>>>> doesn't work. I just can't seem to figure it out. Any ideas >>>>>>>>>> would be >>>>>>>>>> helpful. This is my first time working with ruby and so >>>>>>>>>> far has >>>>>>>>>> been a >>>>>>>>>> great learning experience. The only other problem I have >>>>>>>>>> is my >>>>>>>>>> Apache >>>>>>>>>> server won't serve the site. I just get the error saying >>>>>>>>>> rails >>>>>>>>>> failed >>>>>>>>>> to start. But that is not a problem that anyone here will >>>>>>>>>> help me >>>>>>>>>> with. Just in case it might help I'm running... >> >>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu Server 8.10 >>>>>>>>>> rails 2.2.2 >>>>>>>>>> gem 1.3.1 >>>>>>>>>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i486-linux] >>>>>>>>>> Apache 2 >>>>>>>>>> and many others >> >>>>>>>>>> If you need any other info just ask. Thanks in advance for >>>>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>>>> advice. >> >>>>>>>>> What's the link to your production site. There is most likely >>>>>>>>> something wrong with your pathing on the css issue. >> >>>>>>>>> As far as the non starting issue, I've never run lovd on >>>>>>>>> 1.8.7. >>>>>>>>> We use >>>>>>>>> 1.8.6. What are you using in dev? I would suggest not using >>>>>>>>> 1.8.7 as >>>>>>>>> it's a bit buggered. >> >>>>>>>>> cheers, >>>>>>>>> steven bristol > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lovd by Less" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lovdbyless?hl=en Who loves ya baby? -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
