Document Dev Environment Setup

[denistsoi]

There's a few things to note while setting up this repo:

Firstly, Are you using Windows, Mac or Linux?

If you're a Mac, things get a bit difficult - but fear not! - for the Terminal is here! You're Terminal is a very stupid stupid buddy, think Patrick from Spongebob.

We'll be using ruby 1.9.3 and rails 3.x.x

[http://railsapps.github.io/installing-rails.html] rails installation for mac

Have yourself install the following:

1. rvm: $ \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby
2. ruby 1.9.3:
   $ rvm get stable --autolibs=enable
$ rvm install ruby
$ rvm --default use ruby-2.0.0-p247


Then install

[kithokit]

not recommend you to use ruby 2.0, as there will be some difference between 1.9.3

[denistsoi]

Do NOT use 2.0?

I've also noticed that this build was meant for linux -

[kithokit]

not necessary for linux, as RoR is a cross platform application indeed.

the default is using ruby 1.9.3 , better use ruby 1.9 install of 2.0

both linux and mac are *nix-based. There may be some native library are not the same but basically both should be able to setup

I did using mac setting up successfully, just using sqlite3 as my local db server

[denistsoi]

I know RoR is cross platform - however, there are dependancies which flag errors with Windows & Mac OSX

So I should be using ruby 1.9 with rails 2.0? or just ruby 1.9?

[kithokit]

the rails installation is included in the Gemfile already. what you need is that

go to the project of the root directory

cd ~/Opendata

rvm gemset create opendata (create a gemset) rvm use ruby-1.9.3-pxxx (there may be varies version of ruby 1.9.3) bundle install (it will help install everything including rails)

[denistsoi]

Did that already Kit, the rails server command is failing to build~ (ill update later)

Denis Tsoi

Dim Sum Labs Community Organizer

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Kit Ho notifications@github.com wrote:

the rails installation is included in the Gemfile already. what you need is that go to the project of the root directory cd ~/Opendata rvm gemset create opendata (create a gemset) rvm use ruby-1.9.3-pxxx (there may be varies version of ruby 1.9.3)

bundle install (it will help install everything including rails)

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[tijptjik]

Did you bundle install complete successfully without any error then?