Ruby on Rails stack - FiveRuns Install Ruby on Rails stack and documentation

Technical specifications

Supported Operating Systems

Mac OS X, Linux opeating systems. A Windows version is coming soon.
  • Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel and PPC)
  • Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel and PPC)
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux
  • SuSE Linux Enterprise
  • Fedora Core
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • Solaris 10

A version of FiveRuns Install for Microsoft Windows will be available soon.

Included Components

FiveRuns Install includes the following integrated software components to provide a comprehensive out of the box Ruby on Rails development or deployment environment.

  • Ruby 1.8.6
  • Ruby Gems 0.9.4
  • Rails 2.0.2
  • MySQL 5.0.26
  • SQLite 3.5.1
  • Subversion 1.4.5
  • Apache 2.2.6 on Windows, 2.2.4 on Linux and Mac OS X (in Production mode)
  • OpenSSL
  • ImageMagick 6.3.5
  • Mongrel/Mongrel Cluster
  • Capistrano 2.1.0
  • Rake 0.8.1
  • RMagick

Installation Requirements

In order to download and install the FiveRuns Install Ruby on Rails stack you will need:

  • Approximately 430 MB of free disk space
  • Broadband internet connection

Please note that if you are running 64-bit Linux servers, FiveRuns Install requires that the 32-bit compatibility libraries also be installed.