CouchDB on Rails (part 7 of ?)

1. An introduction to CouchDB
2. Installing CouchDB
3. Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
4. Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
5. Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
6. Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
7. Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code
8. Trying out couchrest and topfunky’s basic_model

Yesterday i started using the couchrest plugin, only to run into problems with the spec tests because it is built for latest latest CouchDB. So i had to install from Subversion source, but i got into a terrible mess, and to cut a long story short, i reinstalled the operating system today! I am now on shiny new Debian Lenny, woohoo! :D

So hopefully today i will successfully show you how to install from source!

Installing Ruby on Rails on Debian Lenny

Last night i severely messed up my computer trying to install the latest version of CouchDB. I ran into dependency troubles, and then i uninstalled some kind of essential packages that ended up removing all sorts of things that i rather wanted! But this is okay because i needed a push to move up to the new Debian. And i’m glad i did … Lenny looks nice so far! :)

So i am currently going through the process of installing Ruby on Rails. I’ve never managed to do this right first time, but i always learn a little bit more every time i try. Let’s see if i can nail it this time.