Install & Configure Apache, PHP, JSP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin & WordPress on Windows XP/2000

Install Ruby on Rails

Prerequisites

Ruby

Download the "One-Click Installer" for Windows from http://rubyforge.org/.

Version: 1.8.2-15
File Name: ruby182-15.exe
Download Location: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167

Install Ruby

  1. Run ruby182-15.exe. Click Next >.
    Click Next>
  2. Click I Agree.
    Click I Agree
  3. Click Next >.
    Click Next>
  4. Click Install.
    Click Install
    ...
  5. Click Finish.
    Click Finish

Install Rails

  1. Open a command prompt and run the following command:
    gem install rails --include-dependencies

    2. command prompt

Create a Rails App

  1. Run the following command in the command prompt:
    Note: You may change the path to whatever you wish. We are using our Apache DocumentRoot here.

    2. rails "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\myfirstapp"

    Command Prompt
  2. Startup the WEBrick servlet by running the following command:

    3. ruby "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\myfirstapp\script\server"


    Note: If the Windows Firewall complains, click Unblock.
    Click Unblock
    HTTP Server is running
    Note: Use CTRL-C to stop the WEBrick HTTP server.

  3. Open http://localhost:3000 in a web browser. You should see something like the following:
    Congratulations, you've put Ruby on Rails!

Configuration

TBD

For more information on configuring Rails to work with Apache, see http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/GettingStartedWithRails

  1. TBD
    ...