Rails 3.0: Installing with RVM + Thin

To keep things clean, we will use RVM's gemsets to install Rails 3.0. This will keep your work environment clean and allow you to switch between projects without worry which Ruby version or gems are installed.

Setup

I rarely look at the local documentations of gems, so let's not download them.
Create ~/.gemrc and add the following to it.

gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc

Install Ruby 1.9.2 and create a gemset for your project.

rvm install 1.9.2
rvm gemset create myproject 

Rails 3.0

When using a gemset, all gems installed will be bundled under that gemset. Therefore, you can have a gemset per project without worry about cross-contamination!

Use your gemset to install Rails 3.0. We will also need to install Bundler.

rvm use 1.9.2@myproject
gem install bundler
gem install rails
rails new myproject
cd myproject

Create .rvmrc in the root of your project and add the following to it.

rvm use 1.9.2@myproject

This tells RVM to switch to the project's Ruby version and gemset whenever you enter the project.

Give it permission.

cd ..
cd myproject

This will prompt you to trust the .rvmrc. Type 'y' and hit enter. It will automatically switch to 1.9.2@myproject now when going to the project.

Install the required Rails 3.0 gems. If you don't want sqlite, go into Gemfile and remove sqlite3-ruby and use your favourite database. I will be using MongoDB in a later post.

bundle install

Thin

WEBrick is slow. Let's install Thin.

Open up Gemfile and add thin.

gem 'thin'

Install thin.

bundle install

Start

Drum roll please!

rails server thin

Now visit http://localhost:3000/