ruby-on-rails-5 Getting started with ruby-on-rails-5 Installation or Setup

Example

In windows Platform

Step 1: Installation of Ruby

If you already have installed ruby in your pc then you can skip this step.

• Go to rubyinstaller.org's download page and download one of the stable version of ruby corresponding to architecture of your windows platform.
• Again download development kit for your ruby version form here.
• Now install ruby.
• This is the time to enhance your ruby installation with ruby development kit. This is required by some of the gems to compile in your pc.
• Extract your ruby develpment kit file in a folder near your ruby installation path C:\Ruby-**. For example C:\rubyDevkit.
• Now open cmd.exe and move to the directory where you extracted your devkit.
• Then run this command ruby dk.rb init. This will initialize your installation. Then run ruby dk.rb install.

Step 2: Install Rails

• fter successful installation of ruby. Next step is to install rails. Before installing rails install bundler gem running gem install bundler from your command prompt window.

• After installing bundler now run gem install rails -v version_of_rails for example -v 5.0.0.1.

• If all process are completed without error then you installed rails successfully.