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Adam Flanagan
8,022 PointsRuby installation help needed
Could Jason Seifer , Jim Hoskins or anyone else for that matter help me out? So basically I've just started "Generate a Rails Application". So I've successfully installed Ruby on my Macbook running Mountain Lion, so how do I create a directory as is shown in the aforementioned video? Probably really stupid question but any help much appreciated. Thanks.
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Brandon Barrette
20,485 PointsYou can just create it anywhere. I have a Sites folder in my user folder, then I made a projects folder in the sites folder, and then generated my rails app there.
Just make sure that when you are in the terminal, you need to be in the folder that your rails app is located. So for example, mine is in "Sites/Projects/socialmath"
So before I start, when you open the terminal, you are in your user folder. So then I type:
cd Sites/Projects/socialmath
cd means change directory, and that path is the path to my rails app. Note that you can type the first few letters, then hit the tab key and it should fill in the rest for you (to save some time on typing)
James Barnett
39,199 PointsYou might want to check out the first badge in Console Foundations course if you aren't already comfortable with moving around in the console.
Adam Flanagan
8,022 PointsAdam Flanagan
8,022 PointsThanks a lot! Much appreciated!!