Category Archives: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

Setting up Ruby on Rails Database Connection using MySQL on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

MySQL is a rock solid database, used all around the world, for all kinds of situations. Its use escalated with the usage of PHP and together became known as the LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL and PHP) stack.
Warning: Warning: By default, root access to MySQL is open. We will deal with this later.
Installation
Enter into [...]

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Using RubyGems package in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn apt-get Repository

After receiving a comment on my post about installing Rails on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn via RubyGems, I found, to my surprise, there exists a rubygems package in the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn universe repository. Though it is a bit outdated at 0.9.0, while the latest is 0.9.2.
So the commenter ran into a problem trying to [...]

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Deploying Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn via Mongrel and Apache

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Once again, another quick, down and dirty solution. The guys behind mongrel have even written up how to set it up. This is a more condensed form, and suited for Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
This is not the best solution for deployment, but it works if you want to do early testing/deployment for clients. [...]

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