{"id":8723,"date":"2023-09-28T12:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T12:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/?p=8723"},"modified":"2023-10-26T07:23:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:23:27","slug":"installing-ruby-on-rails-on-mac-os-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/ruby-on-rails\/installing-ruby-on-rails-on-mac-os-lion","title":{"rendered":"Installing Ruby on Rails – Mac OS Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"

To install Ruby on Rails on Mac OS Lion, you’ll need to follow a few steps.<\/p>\n

1. Check Your OS Version<\/h3>\n

Click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen.
\nSelect “About This Mac” to see your current OS version. If it’s Lion, you’ll see version 10.7.<\/p>\n

2. Install Xcode Command Line Tools<\/h3>\n

Open the Terminal (you can find it in the “Utilities” folder within the “Applications” folder).
\nRun the following command to install Xcode Command Line Tools if you haven’t already:<\/p>\n

xcode-select --install\r\n<\/pre>\n
3. Install Homebrew<\/h3>\n
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that makes it easier to install software. You can install it by running this command in the Terminal:<\/p>\n
\/bin\/bash -c \"$(curl -fsSL\r\nhttps:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/Homebrew\/install\/HEAD\/install.sh)\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
4. Install rbenv and Ruby-build<\/h3>\n
Rbenv is a tool for managing Ruby versions, and Ruby-build is a plugin for rbenv that simplifies the installation of different Ruby versions. Install them via Homebrew:<\/p>\n
brew install rbenv\r\nbrew install ruby-build\r\n<\/pre>\n
5. Set Up rbenv<\/h3>\n
Add rbenv to bash so that it loads every time you open a Terminal:<\/p>\n
echo 'if which rbenv > \/dev\/null; then eval \"$(rbenv init -)\"; fi' >> ~\/.zshrc\r\nsource ~\/.zshrc\r\n<\/pre>\n
You might need to replace `~\/.zshrc` with `~\/.bashrc` if you are not using the Zsh shell.<\/p>\n
6. Install Ruby<\/h3>\n
Check which versions of Ruby are available:<\/p>\n
rbenv install -l\r\n<\/pre>\n
Choose a Ruby version (e.g., 2.7.4) and install it:<\/p>\n
rbenv install 2.7.4\r\n<\/pre>\n
Set the global Ruby version:<\/p>\n
rbenv global 2.7.4\r\n<\/pre>\n
7. Install Rails<\/h3>\n
Use the gem package manager (which comes with Ruby) to install Rails:<\/p>\n
gem install rails\r\n<\/pre>\n
8. Verify Installation<\/h3>\n
To ensure that Rails has been installed successfully, run:<\/p>\n
rails -v\r\n<\/pre>\n
This command should display the installed Rails version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To install Ruby on Rails on Mac OS Lion, you’ll need to follow a few steps. 1. Check Your OS Version Click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen. Select “About This Mac” to see your current OS version. If it’s Lion, you’ll see version 10.7. 2. Install Xcode Command Line Tools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ruby-on-rails"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8725,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8723\/revisions\/8725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}