important <<-MARKDOWN
These steps apply to **Ubuntu Linux** only. If you are using some other flavor of Linux, get help from a TA.
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message <<-MARKDOWN
You will need sudo access in order to complete these directions (The first user account has this by default).
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step "Install packaged software and libraries" do
message <<-MARKDOWN
Open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal). You may want to right-click on the terminal icon and select "Add to panel" so the icon will appear next to the default help and firefox icons in the top panel.
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apts = %w{
autoconf
automake
bison
build-essential
curl
git-core
libapr1
libaprutil1
libc6-dev
libltdl-dev
libreadline6
libreadline6-dev
libsqlite3-0
libsqlite3-dev
libssl-dev
libtool
libxml2-dev
libxslt-dev
libxslt1-dev
libyaml-dev
ncurses-dev
openssl
sqlite3
zlib1g
zlib1g-dev
}
console "sudo apt-get install #{apts.join(' ')}"
end
step "Install git" do
console "sudo apt-get install git"
message "If this results in an error, you should be ok, as the prior step should have installed `git-core`"
end
step "Install RVM" do
important do
message "If you're using Ubuntu 12.04 or the latest version of Mint, ensure that the Run command as login shell option is checked under the Title and Command tab in Profile Preferences (located in Terminal's Edit menu). After changing this setting, you may need to exit your console session and start a new one before the changes take affect."
img src: 'img/railsbridge_ubuntu12-checkbox.png', alt: "Ubuntu 12.04 terminal settings"
end
insert "install_rvm"
end
step "Install Ruby" do
insert "install_ruby"
end
step "Install Rails" do
message "Using a terminal again, execute the following command to install rails."
console "gem install rails"
end
step "Sublime Text 2" do
message <<-MARKDOWN
If you don't have a preferred code editor, you can install Sublime Text 2. It's available for [32-bit machines](http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime%20Text%202.0.1.tar.bz2) and [64-bit machines](http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime%20Text%202.0.1%20x64.tar.bz2)
Check <http://www.sublimetext.com/2> for the latest version.
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tip "How many bits?" do
message %q{If you're not sure, you're probably 32-bit. Run `uname -i` and see. "x86" in the filename means 32-bit, and "x86_64" means 64-bit.}
end
end
next_step "configure_git"