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Ruby

Deleted User
Posted by Deleted User

Ruby on Rails Project Trouble

I'm stuck on "Getting Started with Rails". I'm currently on "Generate a Rails Application" and I'm getting batch file error.

I saw someone else had the same issue and I tried remedying it but I guess I couldn't understand what's going on. I saw the 'rvm' command is a Mac thing, that's where I get lost. Any help or insight would be really awesome.

Thanks.

4 Answers

Liban Shire
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Liban Shire
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Liban Shire
Liban Shire
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are you on a Mac or Windows?

can you explain what you did and when you got the error?

Deleted User
Deleted User

I'm on a PC (Windows) I opened up cmd prompt and entered the following command.

$ rails new railsinstaller_demo

and I get this error...

$ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Liban Shire
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Liban Shire
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Liban Shire
Liban Shire
Courses Plus Student 4,147 Points

okay so the dollar sign $ is a mac thing windows doesn't use that so try not using the cash sign.

type in 

rails new treebook

it should install a new directory for you with the a bunch of folders inside a directory called treebook.

Deleted User
Deleted User

Thank you it worked. I'll keep that $ in mind moving forward.