From f58412b715e0a467979ab54798ca3ad9e26eefcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devin Howard Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:34:05 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update windows installer docs --- README.md | 3 ++- WindowsInstallation.md | 16 ++++++---------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1e23d33b..9d3bfc90 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ OR create a new account at `/join`, and use access code `qwertyui` Start mapping and programming! -While we are still figuring out vagrant for Windows, there is an older set of instructions below +We haven't figured out Vagrant for Windows yet, but we have a set of manual instructions here: + - [For Windows][windows-installation] ## Contributing diff --git a/WindowsInstallation.md b/WindowsInstallation.md index 42364b44..fed11893 100644 --- a/WindowsInstallation.md +++ b/WindowsInstallation.md @@ -1,17 +1,13 @@ -First off, Metamaps runs on Ruby On Rails. Ruby 2.1.3 and Rails 3.2. You'll need to get Ruby and Rails installed on your computer if you don't already have it. Go to here for Ruby http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/ +If you have any trouble with this process, contact us at team@metamaps.cc, and one of our developers may be able to help you out. -You'll also need GIT: http://git-scm.com/download/win +First, http://railsinstaller.org/en. This will install Ruby, Rails, and Git for you. -It uses postgreSQL 9.2 as a database. You can install that for your computer from here: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload . During installation you can choose whatever database password you like. Make sure to note it down! +Once you've done that, you will need to download PostgreSQL and node.js: -Once you install those, open a 'command prompt with ruby'. + - http://nodejs.org/en/download/ + - http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/ -to install rails - gem install rails -v 3.2 - -also download node.js, which is also needed http://nodejs.org/download/ - -Navigate to the folder that you want to download the metamaps files to and run the following: (use your forked git repository address if it's different than this repo. You will also need to go to your Github account settings and add the SSH key that was placed in your clipboard earlier) +Now open a terminal, and navigate to the folder that you want to download the metamaps files to and run the following: git clone https://github.com/metamaps/metamaps_gen002.git --branch develop cd metamaps_gen002