Ruby on Rails 1.0 Installer for Mac OS X ‘Tiger’

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Ruby on Rails has reached version 1.0 – Congratulations to all of the team!

Without further ado, here is an updated version of the Ruby on Rails installer package I maintain. I will be receiving assistance with hosting this package, so please do use the mirrors as they become available and try to take it easy on my server in the meantime. I would encourage people to send this file to their friends via iChat, FTP, e-mail — basically whatever works for you — let’s get this out there and get people riding the rails!

This package requires Mac OS X “Tiger” (10.4), and is only compiled for PowerPC at this point. An Intel version will be available early next year.

Notice

Given the age of this package, I’ve decided to take it down. I cannot support a package for an operating system and processor architecture that I no longer run. Under Mac OS X 10.5 and later, Ruby on Rails is included in the default install.

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Posted: December 14, 2005 at 19:00

Tagged: Mac, Web Development

Comments

Thanks for the package! I've downloaded and installed it but couldn't find it on my system. Where should it be?

Posted by Pran on December 16, 2005 at 21:41

You'll find the rails binary at /usr/bin/rails
I recommend everyone go watch the great tutorials and screencasts at <http://rubyonrails.com> if you're not sure where to start.

Posted by Tony on December 17, 2005 at 04:45

can you please make an uninstaller. can you please also write down everything that your installer installs.

Posted by josh on December 18, 2005 at 05:14

Josh, the installer is just a package for the built in Mac OS X Installer application, which unfortunately does not provide uninstall functionality. As for a list of what it installs, go to /Library/Receipts, double click “Ruby On Rails Installer.pkg”, and choose Show Files from the File menu to see a complete listing. You can do this before you install the package, too.

Posted by pweent on December 18, 2005 at 13:21

Thanks for the installer! I installed it on OSX, but could you tell me where to start now? Do I need to start ROR in the terminal? And how can I access it with Textmate. Hope you could point me the right direction.

Posted by Sander on December 20, 2005 at 18:24

@Josh. Try <http://krugazor.free.fr/software/desinstaller/DesInstaller.php>
It is a program that reads the “bill of materials” for installed packages and allows the user to delete them.
Make certain that you understand what you are removing, though, as the un-installer also lists required OS files and allows you to delete them just as easily.

Posted by David Richardson on December 21, 2005 at 11:27

Hi, I think a lot of curious people are going to download this, install it and not know what to do next. You might want to lead into your download with some very clear and basic instruction and overview unless you want to answer a lot of questions … especially when you're in the top 5 on Google for “ruby on rails install.” Most people don't even know what ruby on rails is, just that it's really cool and hip! ;)

Posted by whahappened on January 5, 2006 at 07:30

Thanks for providing this installer. When I tried it on a brand-new Tiger, it says “There were errors installing the software. Please try installing again.”
I've tried it 3 times with the same results…Any ideas?

Posted by Eric Watson on February 20, 2006 at 01:26

Sorry, this conversation has finished.

This post is a bit old now, so I've closed the conversation. If you're keen to keep talking about it, please email me directly.