Rails Is Easy

Rails Is Easy is a shell script to set up a Linux or Mac OS X system for Rails development.

Requirements

Linux

Currently supports Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Debian based distributions.

Mac OS X

Run xcode-select --install in your terminal and then click "Install".

Install

Linux

Run the script:

bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/supercobra/rails_dev_env_installer/master/linux)

Mac OS X

Run the script:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/supercobra/rails_dev_env_installer/master/mac)

What it sets up

• Git
• rbenv
• ruby-build
• Ruby (stable)
• Rails
• PostgreSQL
• SQLite
• Redis
• Bundler
• MailCatcher (Linux script only)
• ImageMagick
• Vim and Emacs
• and many more utils for developers.

It should take less than 15 minutes to install (depends on your machine).

Credits

Inspired by Thoughtbot Laptop. Originally copied from https://github.com/techAPJ/install-rails.

License

Released under the MIT License.