rails??????

i have some installation instructions about a script but i cant understand it..even though i dont have know about rails etc. please if anyone extract the installation steps i will be very grateful. thanks
just explain the steps little bit i will try to learn ..thanks
where to install rails? at my server or computer???
various gems?
memcached?
sphinx
what is git function and how to do this???
what does rake mean????


Completely incomplete installation instructions:

install rails 2.3.2
install various gems (check environment.rb)
install memcached
install sphinx

git clone git://github.com/jgilliam/nationbuilder.git
git submodule init
git submodule update

Create your database and configure config/database.yml for your database server and remove the .dist. You should also
change the session_key and secret_key to something unique.

Load the database:

rake db:schema:load

Remove the .dist from the various config files in config/ and configure them appropriately

config/contacts.yml -- for the contact importer
config/newrelic.yml -- for new relic
config/nb.yml -- you probably won't want to change anything on this
config/amazon_fps.yml -- not used right now, but will soon

add cron jobs based on the example in config/crontab.dist

Start the server and load up your browser. The first screen will ask you for a few basic things about your nation.
Once you're through with that, you'll be ready to go. There are a lot more settings under Settings > Nation Settings.

To enable Facebook integration:

Go to Facebook developer's site and create an application.
Under "Connect" options, be sure to put the domain you are using.
The API key and secret key go in your database.yml file.

rake facebook:register_templates

 

Looks like you need RUBY installed on your server. You are going to need to get some help if you don't understand that terminology.

hope that helps,
Nigel

 

yes i need help
Ok what next if ruby is installed at my server?

 

If you have a link to the app in question I may be able to help. I have a high level programmer that does that stuff for me.

In addition to RUBY you need rails installed along with everything else on the list. You appear to need shell access to get that stuff running.

It is hard to say really without knowing what you are trying to do. I get its a facebook app of some sort but that, in and of itself, is not all that helpful.

You should be asking this in the programmer or server section of DP.

Nigel

 

install ruby, then install rails, gem install rails, then follow those instructions