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Download the build from SVN . Pre-requisite Tortoise svn is setup and is working properly. Ruby and rake are installed. Steps 1. In any directory, create a new folder. Rename it to something like "Test build version 0.5 build 1". 2. Right click on the folder and select "SVN checkout" from the menu. 3. In the pop-up "Checkout", make sure the "URL of repository" field has the correct data. 4. Now in the "Revision" heading, select the "Revision" check box and enter the revision number (say "333"). 5. Click on "ok". Result: The build gets downloaded to the new directory you created in step 1. Configuring the build. 1.  Now go to the directory "Test build version 0.5 build 1". Navigate to config->database.yml 2. Edit the file "database.yml". 3. Under the heading "development", change the database field to something like "Testdatabase_05_2". 4. Change the password to cur

Xampp asks you to secure the password. After securing the password, what is the username to login to xampp website? During securing of xampp, it only asks for the password Solution: The default user is "lampp" If you used xampp to change the passwords, the user should still be "lampp" Website: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?t=22869

Ruby was already present in the system. To install rails, we have to install gems first. Download gems, go to that directory, login as root > su Password: and type as below. ruby setup.rb Now to install rails, we have to install a lot of gems first. All this can be done automatically if you type gem install rails --include-dependencies Result is given below. # gem install rails --include-dependencies INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ Successfully installed rake-0.8.1 Successfully installed activesupport-2.0.2 Successfully installed activerecord-2.0.2 Successfully installed actionpack-2.0.2 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.0.2 Successfully installed activeresource-2.0.2 Successfully installed rails-2.0.2 7 gems installed Installing ri documentation for rake-0.8.1