{"id":681,"date":"2008-06-17T15:39:29","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T14:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/?p=681"},"modified":"2008-06-17T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T14:39:29","slug":"installing-sproutcore-on-ubuntu-on-virtualbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/681-installing-sproutcore-on-ubuntu-on-virtualbox.html","title":{"rendered":"Installing SproutCore on Ubuntu on VirtualBox"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you check out the installation instructions for SproutCore<\/a> you will notice that Windows developers are not really catered for (though I am sure it can be done). I also noticed some Windows issues in the Sproutcore forum<\/a>. More evidence of the Windows\/Unix disconnect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having been impressed by VirtualBox<\/a> recently, I figured it might be easier to use VirtualBox and Ubuntu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how it went. I ran up a new VirtualBox image and installed Ubuntu. Very easy; just point VirtualBox to the Ubuntu install iso. This worked, except that Ubuntu did not recognize the video driver and defaulted to 800 x 600 resolution. Solution: install dkms in Synaptic (or using apt-get); then install the VirtualBox Linux Additions. That gave me 1024 x 768, which is good enough.<\/p>\n

Next, you need to install Ruby (developer version) (use sudo or root)<\/p>\n

apt-get install ruby<\/p>\n

apt-get install rubygems<\/p>\n

apt-get install ruby1.8-dev<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and some build tools as one of the SproutCore dependencies (hpricot) calls make when installed:<\/p>\n

apt-get install build-essential<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I thought that would be enough, but my first go at installing SproutCore failed, apparently because gem is not on the path. Although it seemed to work, I got \u201ccommand not found\u201d when running sproutcore. So:<\/p>\n

export PATH=$PATH:\/var\/lib\/gems\/1.8\/bin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now you can install SproutCore:<\/p>\n

gem install sproutcore<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several components, such as hpricot, ask which version to install. I chose the variant designated (ruby).<\/p>\n

After that, the Hello World tutorial<\/a> ran exactly as expected.<\/p>\n

By the way, although this example makes it look as if SproutCore is a dynamic server framework, it is not. The usual way to deploy a SproutCore application is as static files; the server arrangement is for debugging.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: the command above only amends the path for the current session. To make it permanent, I added the following to lines to the end of \/etc\/profile (needs root permissions to edit)*:<\/p>\n

PATH=$PATH:\/var\/lib\/gems\/1.8\/bin
\nexport PATH<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*See comment below<\/a> for an even better suggestion.<\/p>\n

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