One-Click install for Ruby/Rails/SQLite?

Question

I'm used to the One-Click install local environments of MAMP. Is there a Ruby equivalent... a download that you run and instantly get the most current versions of Ruby, Rails, SQLite running locally?

I'm using a Mac, running Leopard, and am aware that all of the aforementioned technologies ship with Leopard (except maybe SQLite). The books that I have reference newer versions and the last thing I need is to try to retrofit a tutorial to work with my version.

And one more less important question: What are "Gems" and is that something that I need to make sure is fully updated too?

Answer 1

Installation is pretty confusing when you first start with Rails! Even though a lot of what you need is already installed if you are using Mac, personally I found it really hard to find come concise information on how to best go about setting things up. Since I didn't want anyone else to go through the headaches that I had when configuring their Mac development environment, I've written a 7 step guide to installing Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Apache with PHP, and phpMyAdmin on OSX Leopard. In short, everything you should need to get developing locally on your Mac!

Here's the link:

http://waavoo.com/2009/7-step-guide-installing-ruby-on-rails-mysql-apache-php-phpmyadmin-intel-mac-os-x-leopard/

Hope that helps!