RVM, Ruby and Rails on OSX

rvm-rails-on-osx.md

RVM, Ruby and Rails on OSX

1. Download and install Xcode from the App Store.

2. Download and install command line tools on Xcode. On the menu go to Preferences > Downloads > Install Command Line Tools

3. Install homebrew like so:

    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
   

4. Install git with:

    brew install git
   

5. Install rvm with:

    curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --auto
   

6. Open a new terminal window and verify if rvm was installed properly. Do:

    rvm requirements
   

   and it should give you a wall of text starting with `Requirements for osx...

7. There are still a couple more dependencies needed listed after doing rvm requirements. Install them by doing:

    brew update
    brew tap homebrew/dupes
    brew install bash curl autoconf automake apple-gcc42 libtool pkg-config openssl readline libyaml sqlite libxml2 libxslt libksba`
   

8. Install ruby.

    rvm install 1.9.3-p392
   

   Installing other rubies are easy. You can list them all by doing rvm list known.

9. Install Rails.

    gem install rails
   

And that's it! Easy as pie.