I’m going through a Ruby on Rails tutorial on this fresh new xubuntu installation. I’ve installed Rails 3.1.3 and a bunch of gems, including Capistrano, CoffeeScript, and jQuery-Rails, after getting a bunch of strange errors about invalid date formats. Fortunately, … Continue reading
Initially, we want to get apache, php5, and mysql running as quickly as we can. Since I’m trying to get down with code, the administrative stuff in a fresh install of xubuntu is beyond our scope. Later on, I’m absolutely … Continue reading
Yesterday, I upgraded my box to xubuntu 11.10. Earlier today, I installed the following packages: apache2.2-common aptitude (apt-get installation manager) git mysql-client-5.1 mysql-client-core-5.1 php and php5-cli postgresql-client-9.1 postgresql-client-common python3 rails (and updated via gem to 3.1.3) ruby1.9.1 sqlite I used … Continue reading
As we undertake this new process, I deviated from my core mission here by taking the time to upgrade my development box to a new operating system — xubuntu 11.10, in my case. My development box is an old Compaq … Continue reading