Installing Ruby on Rails on windows

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I am in the process of installing Ruby on Rails on windows 7. I installed ruby-1.9.2 (in c:\ruby) and I've installed rails using the gem install rails command (doing this from c:\ruby\bin since this is the only place i can call the command). I've then run rails new my_app command.

The problem that I have is trying to run the rails server command from inside the apps folder (c:\ruby\bin\my_app) I get the message: 'rails' is not recognized....

What have I done wrong?

I had to switch from Windows to Ubuntu because on windows all requests in development environment were executing extremely slow. IMHO on ubuntu it is 30x faster for me. If it is possible try ubuntu. It can be installed behind the windows. I very recommend it. — Voldy
– Voldy, Commented Jan 31, 2011 at 17:38
I've been working on Ubuntu installed on VBox it was very very slow and annoying to use so i decided to try working for a while on windows. — Nachshon Schwartz
– Nachshon Schwartz, Commented Jan 31, 2011 at 18:15

Pragnesh Vaghela · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-31 18:37:53Z

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On Windows you need to set your system PATH variable (My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System variables)

Append the PATH Variable value:: c:\ruby\bin;

edited Jan 31, 2011 at 18:37

answered Jan 31, 2011 at 17:25

Pragnesh Vaghela

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Nachshon Schwartz Over a year ago

This solved the problem just it needs to be a bit more specific the path at least by me to rails.bat is c:\ruby\bin\rails.bat and i added at the end of the existing path in the system variables the above route seperated from the rest of the text already there by a semi-colon, if you can just correct your answer it would be greatly apprecheated

Pragnesh Vaghela Over a year ago

You should also try this Windows Ruby on Rails installer rubyinside.com/…

andreshg112 Over a year ago

No working for me. Neither the comment of "rails.bat"

andreshg112 Over a year ago

My solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/35386310/…

John · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-31 17:08:10Z

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I'm a windows 7 user, and I was able to get rails working by following this guide: http://www.wiki.devchix.com/index.php?title=Windows_-_Rails_3 I know linking is frowned upon, but the windows 7 installations is quite detailed, and the devchix guide is excellent. I store my apps on the desktop in a folder called 'rails' not in the ruby bin.

answered Jan 31, 2011 at 17:08

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Nachshon Schwartz Over a year ago

I'll try it and get back to you, did you find any problems with using RoR on windows 7?

John Over a year ago

There are some annoyances when trying new features, but no real problems. If I had a mac/linux, I'd use it instead of windows 7 because it seems to be the preferred platform on all the tutorials and add-ons.

yesnik · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-08 09:29:12Z

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Try Rails For The Windows installer. It allows you install Ruby and Rails on Windows in a very simple way.

answered Sep 8, 2014 at 9:29

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