Upgrading to Ruby 1.9.3-p362 and Rails 3.2.11

All versions of Rails prior to 3.2.11 have a serious security bug. Time to upgrade. Note that this machine has MySQL version 5, so step 7 is necessary for me. If you have MySQL version 6, copy libmysql.dll from there if it isn’t already on the path.

1. Install the latest version of Ruby (currently 1.9.3-p362)
  a. […]

Upgrading to Ruby 1.9.3 and Rails 3.2 on Windows

My Windows machine had ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.1. Now that ruby 1.9.3 and rails 3.2 are out, it was time to upgrade. This method isn’t the easiest, but it worked just fine for me. Note that this machine has MySQL version 5, so step 7 is necessary for me. If you have MySQL version […]

Upgrading to Rails 3.1.1 on Windows

I just upgraded my Windows XP computer to use Ruby on Rails 3.1.1 with MySQL 5.1. Here’s how I did it:

0. pik is already installed via gem
1. Download rubyinstaller-1.9.2-p290.exe
2. Install ruby at c:\ruby\1.9.2-p290
3. pik add c:\ruby\1.9.2-p290\bin
4. Download DevKit-tdm-32-4.5.2-20110712-1620-sfx.exe
5. Install DevKit at c:\ruby\1.9.2-p290\DevKit
6. PATH=C:\ruby\1.9.2-p290\DevKit;%PATH%
7. pik use ruby 1.9.2p290
8. gem install json –platform=ruby
9. gem install mysql2 — […]

Installing ruby 1.9.2p0 and Rails 3.0.3 and getting it to work with MySQL on Windows

Installing ruby 1.9.2 on Windows took several false starts before I got on the right track.

My development machine is a dual-boot Windows and Linux monster with pre-existing versions of Ruby, Rubygems, Rails, and MySQL. On the Windows side, I have a working version using ruby 1.86, rubygems 1.3.5, rails 2.3.8, and MySQL 5.1. The oldest […]

Rails 2.3.8 - Segmentation Fault

I just upgraded to Rails 2.3.8 on my development machine. I created a standard Rails app, started up WEBrick, and got a Segmentation fault. Not enough code to be my error, so I searched for the core problem and possible solutions.

Turns out the issue is known, and a solution exists. First, I updated to the […]