User's Guide Getting Started

Getting Started

Before using Redcar you must install it. Redcar will work on most Unix, Windows, and Mac platforms. Check the website for a list of all platforms Redcar has been tested on (milage may very).

Installation

Redcar can be installed on many versions of Windows, Unix, and Mac. Any platform that supports Java should support Redcar. Redcar will install the version of JRuby it needs during installation.

Prerequisites

Redcar requires:

• Ruby 1.8.7 or later to be installed
• Java 1.4.0 or later to be installed

Installing on OS-X

Installation on OS-X should be the same as on Linux.

Installing on Linux

Open a command shell and type the following two commands:

sudo gem install redcar
sudo redcar install

Installing on Windows

Make sure that the Ruby bin directory is in your path (e.g. c:\Ruby1.8.7\bin)

Open a command prompt and type the following two commands:

gem install redcar
redcar install

Building from Source

To install the latest version of Redcar directly from the source tree run the following commands

git clone git://github.com/danlucraft/redcar.git
cd redcar
git submodule init
git submodule update
jruby bin/redcar install
jruby -S rake build

See How to Contribute to learn the best practices for contributing the the Redcar Editor project.

See Developing on Windows for tips on setting up github friendly test setup on Windows.

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