====== Installing Ruby and Ruby on Rails ======

The specific process varies between operating systems, but it generally revolves around setting up [[http://ruby-lang.org/|Ruby]], [[http://www.rubygems.org/|RubyGems]] and installing Rails with the command:

<code>
$ sudo gem install rails
</code>

You can use one of these **installation guides** to help get you started:

  * [[getting-started/installation/mac|Mac]]
  * [[getting-started/installation/windows|Windows]]
    * [[getting-started/installation/cygwin|Cygwin under Windows]]
  * [[getting-started/installation/linux|Linux]]
    * [[getting-started/installation/linux-ubuntu|Ubuntu]]
    * [[getting-started/installation/linux-mandriva|Mandriva]]
    * [[getting-started/installation/linux-fedora|Fedora]]
  * [[getting-started/installation/freebsd71i386|FreeBSD 7.1/i386]]

Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated Ruby on Rails [[getting-started/software appliances|software appliance]] or an [[RubyStack|all-in-one native installer]].