Hacking Linux (Tips, Tricks and Installations)

Install Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework. Ruby is a language, Rails is a framework. Rails is fast becoming a preferred development framework eating into PHP share

Rails is a full-stack framework for developing database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern. Rails works with a wealth of web servers and databases. For web server, we recommend Apache or lighttpd, running either FastCGI or SCGI, or Mongrel. For database, you can use MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, or Firebird. Just about any operating system will do, but a ‘nix-based one for deployment is recommend.

Installation:

wget http://www.fastcgi.com/dist/mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz
tar -zxf mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz
cd mod_fastcgi-2.4.2

cd /usr/local/src/

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/7858/ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5207/rubygems-0.8.11.tgz
wget http://www.fastcgi.com/dist/fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz
wget http://www.fastcgi.com/dist/mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz

tar -zxf fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz
tar -zxf mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz
tar -zxf rubygems-0.8.11.tgz
tar -zxf ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz

cd /usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.4
./configure
make
make install

cd /usr/local/src/rubygems-0.8.11
ruby setup.rb
gem install rails

cd /usr/local/src/fcgi-2.4.0
./configure
make
make install

cd /usr/local/src/mod_fastcgi-2.4.2
/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -o mod_fastcgi.so -c *.c
/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -i -a -n fastcgi mod_fastcgi.so

gem install fcgi

mkdir /tmp/dynamic
chmod 777 /tmp/dynamic
chown -R nobody:nobody /tmp/dynamic

Edit /usr/local/apache/conf/fastcgi.conf file in your favorite editor such vi ,pico and add following code


FastCgiIpcDir /tmp/
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi


Then open /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf file and add following line in end of file

Include “/usr/local/apache/conf/fastcgi.conf”

Service httpd restart