Redmine

h1. HowTo Install Redmine on Solaris

Easiest is probably to use http://www.opencsw.org solaris packages for the basic Ruby and rubygems infrastructure, and then install the remaining parts in a local home directory.

h2. Preparation

First, as root, run:

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pkg-get install ruby rake rubygems

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You'll also want Ruby drivers for you databases, which are in one of these packages:

* libpgsql-ruby for PostgreSQL

* libmysql-ruby

* libsqlite3-ruby

h2. Configure your user environment

As an individual user, edit your ~/.bashrc file and add a line such as this:

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export GEM_PATH=$HOME/gems

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Log out and back on.  Make sure your GEM_PATH is set:

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echo $GEM_PATH

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And make the directory for the gems:

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mkdir ~/gems

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Now, install rails:

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gem install -i $GEM_PATH rails -y

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Then proceed to the [[RedmineInstall]] instructions.

If you will be running this under FastCGI or some other environment, make sure the GEM_PATH gets passed along.

_(It would be highly valuable to the entire user community if someone were so generous & knowledgeable to post (or link to another post) step-by-step how to for enabling fastCGI here)_

Thanks to [[HowTo Install Redmine in a home directory on Debian]] for help with this procedure.