RubyFoo/Rails

= Ruby on Rails Installation =

Install Ruby
Use a recent Ruby version. Recent is 1.9.3 atm.
 * Debian: ruby1.9.3 (testing repo)
 * Arch: ruby
 * OS X: brew install ruby
 * FreeBSD: lang/ruby19
 * etc.

Set Environment Variables
Set a user specific gems dir (because of reasons) and the search path: $ mkdir $HOME/.gem $ export GEM_HOME=$HOME/.gem $ export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.gem/bin

Remember to make these persistent!

Install Bundler Gem
Use the Bundler gem to manage dependencies for each project: $ gem install bundler

Go to the project directory and install specified gems: $ cd [PROJECT] $ bundle

Or, initialize a new Rails installation with the most recent version: $ gem install rails $ rails new [PROJECT]