Mac OS X 10.5 (leopard) setup for Rails
May 24, 2008 – 12:16 am1. Install Xcode 3.0 or newer
2. Make the following entries exist in /etc/profile
- export RC_ARCHS=i386
- export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=”/usr/local/oracle/instantclient”
- export SQLPATH=”/usr/local/oracle/instantclient”
- export PATH=”/usr/local/oracle/instantclient:$PATH”
3. Create folders
- sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/src
- sudo chgrp admin /usr/local/src
- sudo chmod -R 775 /usr/local/src
- cd /usr/local/src
4. Get Ruby (note: check what the current stable version is)
- curl -O ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6-p111.tar.gz
- tar xzvf ruby-1.8.6-p111.tar.gz
- cd ruby-1.8.6-p111
- ./configure –enable-shared –enable-pthread CFLAGS=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=1
- make
- sudo make install
- cd ..
5. Ger RubyGems (note: check what the current stable version is
- curl -O http://files.rubyforge.mmmultiworks.com/rubygems/rubygems-1.0.1.tgz
- tar xzvf rubygems-1.0.1.tgz
- cd rubygems-1.0.1
- sudo /usr/local/bin/ruby setup.rb
- cd ..
6. Install Rails and any other gems you want
- sudo gem install rails
- sudo gem install rspec
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