Rails on Plesk: Complete guide

[tyler]

Hey all,

Just wanted to let you know that I updated and expanded my article on setting up Ruby on Rails on Plesk. The updated info is available here:

server-wide setup
domain setup
static FastCGI setup

Cheers,

Tyler

 

[k.satirli]

aww damn.

now I read this after torturing myself for 4 days with how to get ruby at all running...

thanks anyways - bookmarked for future installations!

 

[phirschybar]

Hmmm. I am trying to install Ruby (step 1) and I am getting the error:

no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

after trying ./configure. Using Enterprise 3 and Plesk 7.5.2.. argh.. anybody?

 

[k.satirli]

that most certainly means you're missing an actual compiler.

try "yum install gcc" or "yum install cc" and if that doesnt work, have a look at http://tinyurl.com/cbak7

 

[phirschybar]

hmmm.. I have yum configured to use ART (Atomic Rocket Turtle's) RPMs. gcc and cc were not found.

http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/packages/

See any C compilers on there that would work? I am clueless here.

 

[k.satirli]

try the tinyurl guide then

and before you do that, execute the following

gcc -v
cc -v

if both return a not found message, you'll need to install gcc with the guide

 

[phirschybar]

tried the tutorial and got this after ./configure:

[root@as gcc-3.3]# ./configure
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnu host.
Created "Makefile" in /usr/local/src/gcc-3.3 using "mt-frag"
./configure: line 8: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

thoughts?

 

[k.satirli]

yup - from what I see, I'd say that to install gcc you first need cc. Which puts us back one more step.

did you try "up2date cc" and "up2date gcc" yet by the way?

 

[phirschybar]

thanks but know what? I really appreciate your time but don't waste any more. I am leaving my hosting provider for one who supports rails.

Thanks again!!!

 

[k.satirli]

that's another way to solve the problem but learning how to install ruby would have been better because of the educative effect it has.

 

[phirschybar]

Originally posted by liquidblaze
aww damn.

now I read this after torturing myself for 4 days ...

the days of torturing myself over this stuff are over. I need to concentrate on work and not on the pains of server administration.

 

[phirschybar]

Hey liquid, sorry for the frustration on my end. Sys admin stuff is not my bag. So, I tried a hosting provider that supports rails but I am not getting alot of the other stuff that was so compelling about my current provider, so I decided to stay.

Anyways, if you or anyone is still up for helping me get a compiler on here, that would be very cool.

My last try was with:
up2date gcc
up2date cc

both of which I get:
up2date: command not found

Also, with:
yum install gcc [configured to ART packages]

I get: Cannot find a package matching gcc

.. same with cc

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[jamesyeeoc]

Yes, there are still people who are willing to help.

Have you tried the guide which was posted earlier by liquidblaze?

http://tinyurl.com/cbak7

If you are still unsuccessful with that guide, please post again with which point you got stuck. Then we can go further.

 

[phirschybar]

On the ./configure command:

# ./configure --prefix=/usr
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnu host.
Created "Makefile" in /home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/tmp/gcc-3.3 using "mt-frag"
./configure: line 8: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

 

[jamesyeeoc]

Ok, let's try a different approach, which *should* work for RHE (I think you posted that you are on RHE):

Do the following from the SSH (as root user) prompt:

apt-get install gcc

RHE apparently uses apt-get instead of up2date

 

[phirschybar]

hey, thanks so much for your help!

OK, as root user I get:

bash: apt-get: command not found

LOL...

 

[Cranky]

Which version of RedHat are you using?

cat /etc/redhat-release

 

[phirschybar]

hey cranky! hope all is well.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 1)

 

[Cranky]

Ah, so this is a VPS I'm guessing?

You have 2 choices. Either:

wget http://caos.fortressitx.com/centos-3/3.1/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/gcc-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh gcc-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm

Or, you can ask your VPS provider to install redhat-devel-as3 application template.

 

[phirschybar]

unfortunately my provider (Media Temple), refuses to install or deal with anything.

I got:

# rpm -Uvh gcc-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm
warning: gcc-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 025e513b
error: Failed dependencies:
cpp = 3.2.3-52 is needed by gcc-3.2.3-52
glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 is needed by gcc-3.2.3-52
libgcc >= 3.2.3-52 is needed by gcc-3.2.3-52