Distribute your Rails application as a Gem

Posted by stoyan Tue, 30 May 2006 01:30:00 GMT

1. Install fossilize plugin
$ ./script/plugin source http://opensvn.csie.org/mmediasys/trunk/rails/plugins/
$ ./script/plugin install fossilize
2. Create the default script and configuration for your application
# will create config/application.yml and bin/my_rails_app
$ ./script/generate fossilize MyRailsApp

3. Edit config/application.yml if needed (author name, email, gem version etc.)

4. Generate the gem (in pkg/ directory)
# will produce pkg/my_rails_app-x.y.z.gem
$ rake package
5. Usage
$ gem install my_rails_app
$ my_rails_app /path/to/install

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