Rails development on OSX 10.3.9

Posted by tom January 25th, 2007

TextMate 1.5.4 runs on 10.3.9

Ruby / Rails installation on 10.3.9: We need ruby 1.8.5, rails 1.2.1 & mysql-standard-5.0.27:

  • install developer tools (XCode) => from CD
  • Install DarwinPorts / MacPorts
  • Update MacPorts: sudo port -d selfupdate
  • Upgrade autoconf: sudo port install autoconf (will also install perl)
  • Install ruby-gems: sudo port install ruby rb-rubygems
  • Install rails: gem install -y rails
  • Install Mysql from MySQL website
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