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How to install Ruby on Rails In Linux

$ su -
# yum install ruby ruby-rdoc ruby-irb

Note: If you get an error, similar to the following, just wait a while and try the above command again.

Loading “installonlyn” plugin
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 2321. Aborting.

Note: If you get something similar to the following, just enter y.

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
Importing GPG key 0x4F2A6FD2 “Fedora Project ” from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
Is this ok [y/N]:

Install RubyGems via source

Note: Note: Latest version of RubyGems (1.3.3) .
Enter into the Terminal:

cd /tmp
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/20989/rubygems-0.9.4.tgz
tar -zxvf rubygems-0.9.4.tgz
cd rubygems-0.9.4
# ruby setup.rb

Install Ruby on Rails using RubyGems

Enter into the Terminal:

# gem install -y rails

To check the installed gems on your local machine
gem list –local

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