Method
This method isn't the most conventional way of developing on Ubuntu (I do replace the Ubuntu-supplied RubyGems binaries, so that I can get the latest version, and get gem binaries on my path). It also is not the most secure method (you will create install a ton of packages and create some random users on your database servers). It's quite fast and effective for development, though.
I have tested the steps below on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), and I have good reasons to believe that they will work on Ubuntu 9.04 (Karmic Koala) as well.
Start off by installing some Ubuntu packages:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install ruby rubygems ri ruby-dev libopenssl-ruby build-essential mysql-client mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev postgresql postgresql-client libpq-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev curl git-core git-completion git-doc git-gui
Override Ubuntu's crippled RubyGems with the proper version:
sudo gem install rubygems-update
gem env | grep 'EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY'
sudo `gem env | grep 'EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY' | ruby -e "puts gets.split(': ', 2).last"`/update_rubygemsCreate the rails user in MySQL:
echo "GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'rails'@'localhost';" | mysql -uroot
Create a superuser in PostgreSQL:
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser $USER
echo "\\password $USER" | sudo -u postgres psql
Install rvm:
sudo gem install rvm
rvm-install
echo "if [[ -s /home/$USER/.rvm/scripts/rvm ]] ; then source /home/$USER/.rvm/scripts/rvm ; fi" | cat - /home/$USER/.bashrc > /home/$USER/.bashrc2rm /home/$USER/.bashrc; mv /home/$USER/.bashrc2 /home/$USER/bashrc
Install the Rails-preferred VM and create a clean gem set:
rvm install 1.8.7
rvm use 1.8.7
rvm gemset create rails3
rvm gemset use rails3
gem install bundler mocha
Prepare to work on Rails (do this every time you start a shell):
rvm use 1.8.7
rvm gemset use rails3
Check out Rails and install its dependencies:
git clone git://github.com/rails/rails.git
cd rails
bundle install
rake mysql:build_databases
rake postgresql:build_databases
Run the Rails test suite. If it passes, your environment is all set up.
rake # This should be run in the rails directory.
If you want to create a test application, then you should install the gems from the edge Rails:
rake install # This should be run in the rails directory.
Happy hacking!
Motivation
At one of Boston.rb's hackfests, Dan Pickett held a workshop on contributing to Rails 3. I think I was the only one in the room not using OS X, and I had to follow a slightly different sequence of steps to get my setup working. I figured it's nice to summarize all the steps for future reference.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading! I hope the post above has been helpful, and hope you'll have fun playing with Rails 3. I look forward to your comments and suggestions for improving the method outlined here.
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