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cp88
5,039 PointsTo anybody struggling with installing a Ruby environment on Windows...
...don't bother! Skip to the "Installing the Treehouse VM on Windows" video instead. So much quicker and easier and I had no problems doing this.
5 Answers
José Emilio Nauto
10,896 PointsRails Installer will facilitate the installation: http://railsinstaller.org/en
good luck
Newton Robert
4,180 PointsDownload Rails installer version 3.0.0 open command prompt with rails and run rails -v ,if the version lesser than 4.0.0 run the following command
gem update rails --no-ri --no-rdoc
test your rails by making a new project rails new wedidit cd wedidit rails server
James demby
10,296 PointsWhen you say skip ahead do you literately mean do not do anything in this video and skip to the VM video? This one ? http://teamtreehouse.com/library/installing-a-ruby-development-environment/installing-a-ruby-development-environment/installing-the-treehouse-vm-on-windows
I am trying to go back and erase everything and start over, but nothing in the other video has a download ruby part which seems strange
It is not 100 clear to me how to delete everything I downloaded, but I think this is the right approach?
Cheers
cp88
5,039 PointsHi James
Yes, that's what I did. I uninstalled everything and just followed the VM video. I've since moved on to the "Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4" course (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-todo-list-application-with-rails-4), which is on the Ruby track, and Jason actually uses the VM throughout the course so it's made it all so easy and seamless to follow.
The VM contains everything you need to run Ruby/Rails so it's a one stop shop.
Just try and follow the steps backwards that you followed on the Windows video...from what I remember I uninstalled Ruby through Programs and Features in Control Panel and Git and any other application that had been installed. I then deleted the folder(s) on the C drive that had been created.
James demby
10,296 PointsHi Carrie,
In the Todo list did you happen to run into this on the "Set up Git and Gems" video?
When I run "bundle" I get
Could not fetch specs from https://rubygems.org"
I am on the VM using Vagrant to bring it up etc. But, I got stuck kind of quickly
cp88
5,039 PointsHi James
I don't recall receiving any error, sorry!
I would ask a new question in the forum and copy the whole of your screen so people can see exactly what's happened before you receive this error.
There are a number of questions already posed against that video too, not sure if any of those can help you?
James demby
10,296 PointsThanks Carrie,
I saw a comment about using a service that let's you do it all on a Linux box, and now everything is working great.
Good luck on your new Track!
cp88
5,039 PointsThank you, glad you got sorted in the end :)
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsMaciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsIt uses old versions of Ruby and Rails and does not change the fact that developing Rails under Windows will always be painful :)
cp88
5,039 Pointscp88
5,039 PointsAs Maciej says, I still struggled even using the installer! The VM is a dream in comparison and so much easier for beginners and people who aren't overly technical. It can be quite frustrating and disheartening when sat on your own facing a barrage of errors and the VM keeps everything nice and clean too.