====== FreeBSD 7.1/i386 ======

Start is very simple. If you do not have gem installed:

<code> # pkg_add -r ruby18-gems</code>

Next:

<code> # gem install rails</code>

At this point, if you do not have ruby-iconv, and you don't if you took a clean start,  because it is not automatically installed with the rails gem, and you have no hint about the fact that it is required, rails throws something like this:

<code> # rails
 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/bin/../lib/rails_generator/options.rb:32:in `default_options': undefined method `write_inheritable_attribute' for Rails::Generator::Base:Class (NoMethodError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/bin/../lib/rails_generator/base.rb:90
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/bin/../lib/rails_generator.rb:34
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/bin/rails:13
        from /usr/local/bin/rails:19:in `load'
        from /usr/local/bin/rails:19</code>

So, now you have to install the package:

<code> # pkg_add -r ruby18-iconv</code>
 
or build the port:

<code> # cd /usr/ports/converters/ruby-iconv && make install clean</code>