Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread Andreas Saebjoernsen
Disclaimer: I really like the unix model of building products. The objection I've heard is specifically for - gems that depends on native packages in the repository - ruby, rvm and ruby that is already in the native package manager The idea expressed was that dependencies are already explici

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread UNIXgod
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Andreas Saebjoernsen wrote: > The native package manager generally has very outdated ruby and rvm > versions. > I know this hurts unix purists, but it's your time and using rvm/gem/rails > like most other people do will save you a lot of time. rvm is a user sandb

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread Andreas Saebjoernsen
Type. I meant the tips I've used when installing rails on Linux, not Windows. On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Andreas Saebjoernsen < andr...@digitalplaywright.com> wrote: > I think the tips I've used when installing rails on Windows is this: > >1. Do not use the native package manager to ins

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread Andreas Saebjoernsen
I think the tips I've used when installing rails on Windows is this: 1. Do not use the native package manager to install ruby, rvm and gems. - Install your own custom rvm, ruby and rails. - The native package manager generally has very outdated ruby and rvm versions. - I

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread David Kahn
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Ron Tsoref wrote: > First of all, thank you all for your suggestions. > I think I'll finally do the switch from Windows to Ubuntu. I wanted to do > it for a while, and I think it's a good time to do it now. > > Once I install Ubuntu, what should I do next? > > Goo

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 April 2011 13:36, Ron Tsoref wrote: > First of all, thank you all for your suggestions. > I think I'll finally do the switch from Windows to Ubuntu. I wanted to do it > for a while, and I think it's a good time to do it now. A cautionary note, a new version of Ubuntu (11.04) has just been r

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-30 Thread Ron Tsoref
First of all, thank you all for your suggestions. I think I'll finally do the switch from Windows to Ubuntu. I wanted to do it for a while, and I think it's a good time to do it now. Once I install Ubuntu, what should I do next? On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Bryan Crossland wrote: > On Wed, A

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-28 Thread Bryan Crossland
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Chief wrote: > What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails on a Windows > 7 machine? > > I really want to learn Rails, but I haven't found any easy way of > installing it on Windows 7. > > Install a VM of Ubuntu or Linux and develop on that. Avoid in

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-27 Thread David Kahn
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Chief wrote: > What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails on a Windows > 7 machine? > > Add a vm running Ubuntu and do your rails work on it. You will have more support than trying to deal with Windows, also, chances are you will be deploying to a L

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-27 Thread Alex Katebi
Install Ubuntu 10.10 on Windows using wubi.exe. It does not require partitioning your disk. And it can be easily removed. On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Chief wrote: > What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails on a Windows > 7 machine? > > I really want to learn Rails, but I ha

Re: [Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-27 Thread jason white
this is the best way to get setup on Windows http://www.railsinstaller.org/ On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Chief wrote: > What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails on a Windows > 7 machine? > > I really want to learn Rails, but I haven't found any easy way of > installing i

[Rails] Best Rails environment for Windows 7

2011-04-27 Thread Chief
What is the best and easiest way of running Ruby on Rails on a Windows 7 machine? I really want to learn Rails, but I haven't found any easy way of installing it on Windows 7. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to th