From: Christian Neukirchen Date: 2005-08-17T21:35:40+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie: installing rails on standalone pc "Pe�a, Botp" writes: > Christian Neukirchen [mailto:chneukirchen@gmail.com] wrote: > > #> How do i install rails to a pc that does not have an > #internet/network connection? > # > #Why don't you simply get the .tar.gz? > # > #http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=307 > > Yap. That was my first reaction, but > > 1. consider the bytes load, gems are lightweight. And you just need ruby. *Well*, that's not exactly true. Note that the rails.tar.gz contains the complete dependecies, i.e. Active* etc. The rails gem only includes the helper scripts and depends othe the other libraries. And if you can't unpack the .tar.gz, you can just get the .zip. > 2. am just naively following rails howto. It says, go gem way, so i go. If they didn't want you to use it, they wouldn't publish them. For you, I just hope the rails howto doesn't tell to jump out of the window. :-P > kind regards, > -botp -- Christian Neukirchen http://chneukirchen.org