How to Install Tracks 1.7 on Centos 5.2

Install Ruby on Rails – Use http://www.how-to-linux.com/2008/12/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-on-centos-52/

Create a database for Tracks

mysql -u root -p

create database tracks;

exit

Download Tracks from http://bsag.bingodisk.com/public/files/tracks-current.zip

Unzip the Tracks archive

unzip tracks-current.zip

Put tracks into /opt

mv tracks-1.7 /opt

Edit /opt/tracks-1.7/config/database.yml

vi /opt/tracks-1.7/config/database.yml

Add you mysql server details

production:

  adapter: mysql

  database: tracks

  hosts: localhost

  username: root

  password: neveruserrootpassword

Change a config in site.yml

vi /opt/tracks-1.7/config/site.yml

Add something unique in the salt parameter.

Add the Tracks data to the database

rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production

If you get this error;

no such file to load — mysql

Download ruby-mysql – http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=4550

tar mysql-ruby-2.7.tar.gz

cd mysql-ruby-2.7

ruby extconf.rb –with-mysql-config

make

make install

Now run the server

script/server -e production

Goto http://localhost:3000

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