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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."

2 of 201 comments (clear)

  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: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.