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Carlos Leiva
129 PointsWhat's the best practice to install Ruby in Ubuntu 12.10?
I'm getting started in Ruby, and I want to setup my laptop to properly work with Ruby, and the next step is to play with Ruby on Rails. What are the steps to follow?
Thank you
5 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsPretty much the same as it is on OS X.
it's wget rvm --> ruby --> gems --> rails
Here's a blog post that will walk you through it.
Yuichi Hagio
11,367 Points
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Yuichi -
Surely the original poster wants one set of directions that are best not several links with no commentary on why he should use which ones.
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest TeacherRVM or rbenv are great choices for install Ruby on Ubuntu. Thanks for the responses, all!
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Jason - Do you have a preference of a tutorial on how to use rvm to install rails on Ubuntu?
Matthew Bingham
11,927 PointsMatthew Bingham
11,927 PointsLink is a 404 now unfortunately. This link helped me set my environment up on Ubuntu no problem - the layout of the page is also very nice and easy to understand: https://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/14.04
James Barnett
39,199 PointsJames Barnett
39,199 PointsThat's what the wayback machine is for ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20130622020855/http://www.andyhawthorne.co.uk/installing-rails-on-ubuntu-12-10