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Posted by Yosef Waysman
Yosef Waysman
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Installing Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

I've tried to follow the instructions here https://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-ruby-on-rails-application/getting-started-with-rails/installing-rails-mac ,but it seems that the latest installer on the Rails Installer project doesn't support Mac OS X 10.9. So I can't install rails with the Rails Installer.

Any suggestions?

12 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Give this a shot \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --rails

Andrew Lee
Andrew Lee
14,448 Points

Error running 'requirements_osx_port_install_port', please read /Users/andyrewlee/.rvm/log/1385587856_ruby-2.0.0-p353/port_install.log Requirements installation failed with status: 1.

that's what i got when i tried it hmm..

hossein tootoonchy
hossein tootoonchy
2,675 Points

This worked for me like a charm ! thank you James.

Jaken Herman
Jaken Herman
2,787 Points

+1. Thank you, sir

Daniel Kehoe
Daniel Kehoe
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Daniel Kehoe
Daniel Kehoe
33 Points

I've written an in depth guide to installing Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. It's here:

Install Ruby on Rails · Mac OS X Mavericks

It explains how to set up the Mac (with Xcode Command Tools), install Ruby with RVM (the Ruby Version Manager), and install Rails, with advice about updating important gems and setting up a professional development environment.

laurie gloge
laurie gloge
8,593 Points

I am using this now. It works! Thank you very much for this document :)

peyton caseria
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peyton caseria
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peyton caseria
peyton caseria
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I've spoken to apple support and I come up with the answer that I'll need to user a workaround framework for ruby on rails. I was wondering if this is a big issue for getting into schools such as devpointlabs.com

James Barnett
James Barnett
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Check out http://www.installrails.com/

Robert Jones
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Robert Jones
Robert Jones
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James I used your first suggestion and after installing and attempting to follow along with the video for "Generate a Rails Application" I am getting this message:

RVM is not a function, selecting rubies with 'rvm use ...' will not work.

You need to change your terminal emulator preferences to allow login shell. Sometimes it is required to use /bin/bash --login as the command. Please visit https://rvm.io/integration/gnome-terminal/ for a example.

This appears after typing 'rvm use 1.9.3'

Any thoughts?

peyton caseria
peyton caseria
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I think you need to change how you call rvm by using a different command, if you don't find something on that I'd suggest trouble shooting your system specs, are you on mac?

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
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Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

Install rails manually. A quick google search reveals:

http://www.rackspace.com/blog/installing-rails-on-a-mac/

Chip Beasley
Chip Beasley
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Chip Beasley
Chip Beasley
5,974 Points

I too am trying to do this. I keep getting this error:

Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time. No binary rubies available for: osx/10.9/x86_64/ruby-2.0.0-p353. Continuing with compilation. Please read 'rvm help mount' to get more information on binary rubies. You requested building with '/usr/bin/gcc-4.2' but it is not in your path.

Thanks

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Check out this step-by-step tutorial on installing Ruby on Rails under OS X Mavericks

You can skip the section on installing MySQL if you want as it's not used in the Treehouse course.

If you have issues let me know which steps you completed successfully and at which point you got stuck.

Chip Beasley
Chip Beasley
5,974 Points

Hello James-

So I went through all the steps, got to the step where I install Ruby 2.0.0 and got this again:

rvm install ruby-2.0.0-p247

Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time. No binary rubies available for: osx/10.9/x86_64/ruby-2.0.0-p247. Continuing with compilation. Please read 'rvm help mount' to get more information on binary rubies. You requested building with '/usr/bin/gcc-4.2' but it is not in your path.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Did you remember to edit your .bashrc file to include the path to gcc?

Chip Beasley
Chip Beasley
5,974 Points

I added these lines to the .bashrc file:

CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc-4.9 CPP=/usr/local/bin/cpp-4.9 CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++-4.9

But got the same message when installing ruby-2.0.0-p247 So confused.

John Corser
John Corser
5,660 Points

Make sure you have the latest version of xcode installed before starting the whole process. Also check any errors you might. Try 'brew doctor' to see what errors that finds, and try to resolve them.

John Corser
John Corser
5,660 Points

Also important to note, if you're trying to follow along with the tutorials here, use ruby 1.9.3 instead of 2.0.0

Chip Beasley
Chip Beasley
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Chip Beasley
Chip Beasley
5,974 Points

So, this is a game that my laptop is playing with me to make me slowly descend into madness. I followed all the advice but still get the "no path to gcc" error above. Actually, at one point I had ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0 and rails 4.0 installed, but then every time I exited terminal rails was not installed.

Maybe I should uninstall everything and start over?

Andre Morgan
Andre Morgan
994 Points
Andre Morgan
Andre Morgan
994 Points

None of this worked for me. Can it setup using VagrantUp? http://www.vagrantup.com/ Also have the lessons reflect that?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Did you see the installing a ruby development environment badge, it uses vagrant.

Christo Steyn
Christo Steyn
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Christo Steyn
Christo Steyn
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@James, I followed the tutorial you recommended here: http://www.computersnyou.com/2673/2013/10/install-ruby-rails-macos-x-mavericks-10-9-mysql-step-step/ I don't have a "bashrc" file in my home dir. Is it as simple and safe as creating it ?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

In Unix-like systems such as OS X, files that begin with a . are hidden from view.

To see them run ls -a.

Christo Steyn
Christo Steyn
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Yes I meant ".bashrc", I don't have it, so I created the file. Thats ok right ?

Brent Sullivan
Brent Sullivan
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Brent Sullivan
Brent Sullivan
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For anyone looking to install, I found the following enormously helpful:

https://gorails.com/setup/osx/10.9-mavericks#final-steps

peyton caseria
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peyton caseria
peyton caseria
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right now I'm wondering if the suggested on rails installer.org will work for my mac os x 10.9 it says their installer shouldn't be used until further notice on os x10.9 mavericks.

peyton caseria
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peyton caseria
peyton caseria
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thank you, that worked like a charm. Nice and smooth sailing, Which is why I became interested in rails in the first place.