How to install Ruby on Rails on Windows 7 - Part 1, Initial setup
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when answering Windows Ruby on Rails setup problems, such as gem install failures, MySQL gem errors and git path issues, because it walks through a working Windows 7 environment.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2014 to 2015.
What it is
A beginner-level screencast, the first of a four-part series on installing Ruby on Rails 4 with the MySQL2 gem on Windows 7. Part 1 covers setting up a Rails-only command prompt and the initial environment, assuming MySQL server is already installed. Presented by Jonathan MacDonald; the description notes newer instructions exist as of June 2014.
What people said
Strong rec ryancroker · 2014-02 · Stack Overflow · on “Ruby On Rails, MySQL windows 8.1 64bit mysql gem frustrating”
gave up and installed windows 7 32 bit on a second harddrive and just use that for rails stuff. Set that up using an amazing video on youtube I randomly found, but it worked perfectly. [this video] no joke I was close to giving up! It seems like lots of rails problems are oriented around 64 bit windows anyway, but 8.1 can't be helping anything. It's almost a silly answer to say just give up, and i'm sure its possible to get the most recent version of rails and ruby working on windows 8.1 64 right at this moment, but I think with the effort required it is actually easier for a new person to just install a 32 bit version of, preferably, an earlier version of windows.
Recommends Muhammad Soliman · 2014-09 · Stack Overflow · on “Can't install gems on Windows 7 64”
As for me I closed the current prompt and opened a new command prompt window after installing DevKit then it was working fine. check below full series of installation of ruby and ruby on rails on windows 7 [this video] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK]
Recommends K PETER · 2015-06 · Stack Overflow · on “Error "'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command"”
Windows 7 32 - bit I am using Git for my Ruby on Rails [LINK] application. First time so... I created a .bat file for loading my Ruby on Rails applications with the paths manually typed using the tutorial How to install Ruby on Rails on Windows 7 - Part 1, Initial setup [this video] . If you are new to Ruby on Rails, you might want to check it out as I followed all steps and it works flawlessly after a few trials and errors. (The .bat file is editable using Notepad++ [LINK] , hence there isn't any need for the long process. Whenever you need to edit a path, you can follow these simple process after creating a .bat file, following the tutorials on the link above "file is called row.bat".) Right-cl