1. Working env. set up
a. Update your OS X Leopard
b. Install Developer pkg
c. Install MacPort
- download at http://www.macports.org/
d. Install git
$sudo port install git-core
2. Install the latest MySQL server
http://zhhz.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-tune-mysql-server-performance.html
sudo gem install mysql
3. Install edge Merb/DataMapper
a. Install Thor
$ sudo gem install thor
b. Local installation for a bundled application
I like to bundle my dependencies with the application, make it independent of my system's gems. This will make it easy to trace with the edge Merb and DM.
- install thor
$cd your-merb-app
$curl -L http://merbivore.com/merb.thor > merb.thor
you can see the tasks by:
$thor list
- install edge merb
$thor merb:tasks:setup
if you have some errors here, you probably should install rspec first:
$sudo gem install rspec
You will get bin and gems folders
Install edge merb and dm
$bin/thor merb:edge --install
You will get a src folder
$bin/thor merb:edge:plugins --install
- install edge dm:
$bin/thor merb:source:clone git://github.com/sam/dm-core.git
$bin/thor merb:source:clone git://github.com/sam/dm-more.git
$bin/thor merb:source:clone git://github.com/sam/do.git
$bin/thor merb:source:install dm-core
$bin/thor merb:source:install dm-more
$bin/thor merb:source:install do/data_objects
$bin/thor merb:source:install do/do_mysql
$bin/thor merb:source:install dm-more/merb_datamapper
- install mongrel
$bin/thor merb:gems:install mongrel
You should be able to start your merb app by:
$bin/merb
4. Install Phusion Passenger
Details from: http://www.modrails.com/
a. $gem install passenger
b. $passenger-install-apache2-module
c. Modify your httpd.conf
# c&p from the console of passenger installer:
LoadModule passenger_module /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.0.3/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.0.3
PassengerRuby /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
# config for your app
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName app.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot "abs_path_to_your_merb_app/public"
</VirtualHost>
d. Config app for passenger:
go to your merb app directory:
$cd your-merb-app
1. create a tmp folder
$mkdir tmp
2. create a file config.ru with following content:
require 'rubygems'
if File.directory?(gems_dir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '.', 'gems'))
$BUNDLE = true; Gem.clear_paths; Gem.path.unshift(gems_dir)
end
require 'merb-core'
Merb::Config.setup(:merb_root => ".",
:environment => ENV['RACK_ENV'])
Merb.environment = Merb::Config[:environment]
Merb.root = Merb::Config[:merb_root]
Merb::BootLoader.run
run Merb::Rack::Application.new
e. Restart your apache server.
5. Modify your spec_helper.rb
to make your specs working, you have to do the same as the config.ru:
if File.directory?(gems_dir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'gems'))
$BUNDLE = true; Gem.clear_paths; Gem.path.unshift(gems_dir)
end
You are ready to go!
UPDATE: The merb part may not good now.
