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LinRails — Ruby On Rails For Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the be-the-first-on-your-block dept.

foobarf00 writes "LinRails is a binary package that includes Ruby-1.8.6, Rubygems-0.9.4, Rails 1.2.3, Mongrel 1.0.1, MySQL-5.0.41, ncurses-5.6, OpenSSL-0.9.8e, and zlib-1.2.3. Its goal is to make it easy to get a Ruby on Rails development environment running in no time. This initial 0.1 release doesn't have a Web server in the package; opinions are solicited as to which to include."

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  1. Why not a metapackage? by k-zed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This thing is completely pointless and unnecessary under modern Linux package management systems. One could just create a metapackage with the proper dependencies.

    Even without such a metapackage, one can install this software with a single apt-get command line. Windows-based development methodology is bad enough, let's not infect linux/unix development with it.

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  2. Re:Why MySQL by dkf · · Score: 3, Insightful

    because MySQL is free. And PostgreSQL is BSD, and so open. Please try again to list why MySQL should be used instead.
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  3. Re:Aptitude by compm375 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How are .exes on Windows better than apt-based packaging?
    Windows:
    1)find .exe
    2)download .exe
    3)go through installation wizard

    apt:
    1)if you already know package, do apt-get install ... and no clicking through an installer
    or
    1)search for a package with apt-cache, aptitude, or synaptic
    2)install, again without installer
    or
    1)find a .deb
    2)download .deb
    3)install .deb with dpkg or gdebi again with no installer to click through

    I don't see how .exes are better as an installation method.

  4. Re:Aptitude by Klaidas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, but what about those times the the package is not in th repo, and the .deb needs some obscure libraries who are also not included, and you have to compile everything? And then compiling also needs something, which depends on even more files... Also, let's not forget that pretty much every program can run on Windows, but doesn't have a linux port, or the linux alternative is far away from being better that the windows' original. If you know exactly what program you want, and it is in the repo, and everything you need is in that repo, and there won't be any conlicts, then yes. if not, .exe FTW.