Introduction
Here are the stes for Installing Rails 4 and MySQL Server on Windows 7/8
Using the code
Install Rails 4 and MySQL Server on Windows 7/8
Watch the following video before installing:
http://www.globalnerdy.com/2013/10/25/how-to-install-rails-4-on-windows-including-windows-8-and-8-1/
other References:
i) https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2
ii) http://blog.mmediasys.com/2011/07/07/installing-mysql-on-windows-7-x64-and-using-ruby-with-it/
iii) http://learnwebtutorials.com/step-by-step-tutorial-on-installing-ruby-on-rails-4-on-windows-8
Installing Ruby, Rails and MySQL Connector
1) Install Ruby (32Bit Version Ruby 2.0.0-p451)
i) Download Ruby 2.0.0-p451 (32bits version only) from http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads
or download using url (http://dl.bintray.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/ruby-2.0.0-p451-i386-mingw32.7z?direct)
Note: the 64 bit version of Ruby 2.0.0-p451 is not compactible with MySQL
ii) Choose the installation options as
1. Install tcl/tk support
2. Add Ruby executable to PATH
3. Associate .rb and .rbw files with Ruby
You can select all the options. But make sure you atleast select the 2nd option
iii) Confirm that Ruby is installed
After installation, see that
a) It saved ruby in C:\Programs\ruby200\
b) Added Ruby to the Windows PATH environment variable.
c) Also see that a new Windows tile have been created on your start page that says “Start Command Prompt With Ruby”
d) Opne Command Prompt and run "ruby -v" ruby 2.0.0p451 (2014-02-24) [i386-mingw32]
2) Create Application Folder for your websites
Search for “Start Command Prompt With Ruby”. Click on that to get to the command prompt.
Now create a new folder in Windows at C:\Data\Sites
That will be the location of where we will place our Ruby apps.
At the Command Prompt, it is best to navigate to this directory before typing Ruby commands.
3) Extract 32 bit DevKit (DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151-sfx)
i) Download DevKit for Ruby 2.0 (32bits version only) DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151-sfx from http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads
or download using url (http://cdn.rubyinstaller.org/archives/devkits/DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151-sfx.exe)
ii) Extract the DevKit zip file into C:\Programs\Ruby200\devkit
iii) Navigate to C:\Programs\Ruby200\devkit and run following
a) ruby dk.rb init --force
b) ruby dk.rb review
c) ruby dk.rb install --force
iv) Test Installed DevKit(Optional):
On Command Prompt, run followings
a) gem install json --platform=ruby --no-ri --no-rdoc
b) ruby -rubygems -e "require 'json'; puts JSON.load('[42, 56, 22]').inspect"
4) Download & Extract 32 bit MySQL Connector/c
i) Browse to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/c/
Note:
a) Ruby uses the same connector that C uses.
b) Even if you have 64 bit MySQL Server, the connector should be 32 bit. The 32bit Ruby communicates to MySQL via this Connector.
ii) Click Looking for previous GA versions?
Note: The latest MySQL 6.1.3 connector is not compatible with Ruby
iii) select & Download Windows (x86, 32-bit), ZIP Archive (mysql-connector-c-noinstall-6.0.2-win32.zip)
Direct URL: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/file.php?id=377978
iv) Extract mysql-connector-c-noinstall-6.0.2-win32.zip to C:\Programs\
5) Copy "libmysql.dll" from mysql/lib to ruby/bin folder
i) Copy libmysql.dll from C:\Programs\mysql-connector-c-noinstall-6.0.2-win32\lib to C:\Programs\Ruby200\bin
6) Install rails -v=4.0.2
i) On Command Prompt run,
gem install rails -v=4.0.2 --no-ri --no-rdoc
ii) Test the Rails Version installed by running "rails -v" in Command Prompt
Note: Rails 4.1.0 is not compactible with some libraries
7) Install mysql2
On Command Prompt run,
gem install mysql2 --platform=ruby -- --with-mysql-dir=C:\Programs\mysql-connector-c-noinstall-6.0.2-win32 --no-ri --no-rdoc
8) Install Other Gems(Windows 8.1 only)
On Command Prompt run,
gem install node --no-ri --no-rdoc
Installing My SQL Server
Install XAMPP OR My SQL Community Server
Browse to Url http://www.oldapps.com/xampp.php and download XAMPP 1.8.3-4
or download using direct Url: http://www.oldapps.com/xampp.php?old_xampp=14610
Install XAMP
OR
Install 32/64 bit MySQL Community Server
i) Browse to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/5.6.html
ii) I installed MySQL Community Server 5.6 Windows (x86, 32-bit), MSI Installer (mysql-installer-web-community-5.6.17.0)
url: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/file.php?id=451576
Note: you can install 64 bit version as well if you want
iii) Run the mysql-installer-web-community-5.6.17.0
iv) Click Add MySQL Products
v) Install Server Only option or Custom option with only MySQL Server 5.6.17 & Workbench selected.
vi) Select default and hit next. Keep other default option as it is and select next.
Testing Installation
1) Create new Ruby on Rails Site
On command prompt, navigate to C:\Data\sites\ and run
rails new <App Name> -d mysql -B
e.g.: rails new DemoApp -d mysql -B
ii) Test version of Rails in the new Site created
open Gemfile and make sure that the value of gem 'rails' is '4.0.2'
iii)update database.yml under config folder.
Update password. Enter Port: <port no> if port of MySQL is other than 3306.
Remove Test & Production section.
iv) On command prompt, cd to C:\Data\sites\<App Name> and run following command,
bundle install
2) Test MySQL from newly created Ruby on Rails Site
i) On command prompt, cd to C:\Data\sites\DemoApp and run following one after another,
a) rake db:create
Note: Go to your MySQL and make sure that a database with name "DemoApp_Development" is created
b) rails g scaffold user first_name:string last_name:string email:string
c) rake db:migrate
Note: Go to your MySQL and make sure that a table Users is created in database "dbDemoApp"
d) Open command prompt and CD to sites.
rails s
e) On your browser, open http://localhost:3000/users and create new users.'
Note: Go to your MySQL and make sure that a table Users in database "dbDemoApp" has new users.
Thats it. Thank you.
