Installing HomeBrew, RVM, Ruby on Rails, MySql for newbies from Scratch.

When I got my new MacBook Pro, I was trying to install Ruby on Rails and MySql from Scratch. But due to lot of installing options, I screwed up installation and was stuck.

So, I wanted to let newbies know simple installation of RoR, MySql and get your RoR app running.

Here are the steps described below:

Step 1: Clean up your previously installed RVM and Xcode. If you haven’t installed, then skip this step.

Enter following Commands in your Terminal:

    rm -rf ~/.rvm

    sudo rm -rf /Developer

Step 2: Install Xcode from App Store or your previous installer might be saved in Launchpad, Install from there.

Step 3: Install HomeBrew:

Enter following Commands in your Terminal:

   mkdir -p /usr/local/Cellar

   /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"

Step 4: Install RVM:

Enter following Commands in your Terminal:

   bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)

   echo '[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM function' >> ~/.bash_profile

Step 5: Install Ruby 1.9.2

Enter following Commands in your Terminal:

   rvm install 1.9.2

   rvm use ruby-1.9.2 --default

   gem install rails thin bundler

   rvm install 1.9.2-head

   brew install git ack wget curl redis memcached libmemcached colordiff imagemagick

You can use whatever version of Ruby you want to. To see about different versions of Ruby click here

Step 6: Install MySql:

Enter following Commands in your Terminal:

   brew install mysql

   mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp

# To Launch MySql after you start your Mac

   mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents 

   cp /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15/com.mysql.mysqld.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

# Always check your version of MySql, mine was 5.5.15

   launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mysql.mysqld.plist

# Restart your system. # Enter as root if you want

   mysql -u root

# Set your new password of MySql, by default its blank

   UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('your_password') WHERE User='root';

   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

   quit

YAY!!! you are done :)

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