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→1. Make sure you have a modern Ruby
== 1. Make sure you have a modern Ruby ==
Install a 1.8.x version of ruby, ruby 1.9 is still considered experimental. The Rails recommends web page says "We recommend Ruby 1.8.7 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.5, 1.8.4 (and requires at least 1.8.2are still usable too, but version 1.8.3 is incompatible)not. Some Red Hat versions may come with only 1" (http://rubyonrails.8.1. org/download) Try installing Ruby with your package manager of choice, and see if you can get 1.8.4. If not, try installing from source:, eg
# [Download 1.8.4>http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/7858/ruby-1.8.47.tar.gz]# tar -zxvf ruby-1.8.47.tar.gz# cd ruby-1.8.47
# sudo ./configure
# sudo make
# sudo make install
( jrochkind is currently running ruby 1.8.6 as of Dec 08 )
== 2. Install RubyGems ==