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@@ -45,33 +45,40 @@ $ cd rails
The test suite must pass with any submitted code. No matter whether you are writing a new patch, or evaluating someone else's, you need to be able to run the tests.
-Install first libxml2 and libxslt together with their development files for Nokogiri. In Ubuntu that's
+Install first SQLite3 and its development files for the `sqlite3` gem. Mac OS X
+users are done with:
```bash
-$ sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev
+$ brew install sqlite3
```
-If you are on Fedora or CentOS, you can run
+In Ubuntu you're done with just:
```bash
-$ sudo yum install libxml2 libxml2-devel libxslt libxslt-devel
+$ sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
```
-If you have any problems with these libraries, you can install them manually by compiling the source code. Just follow the instructions at the [Red Hat/CentOS section of the Nokogiri tutorials](http://nokogiri.org/tutorials/installing_nokogiri.html#red_hat__centos) .
+And if you are on Fedora or CentOS, you're done with
+
+```bash
+$ sudo yum install sqlite3 sqlite3-devel
+```
-Also, SQLite3 and its development files for the `sqlite3-ruby` gem — in Ubuntu you're done with just
+If you are on Arch Linux, you will need to run:
```bash
-$ sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
+$ sudo pacman -S sqlite
```
-And if you are on Fedora or CentOS, you're done with
+For FreeBSD users, you're done with:
```bash
-$ sudo yum install sqlite3 sqlite3-devel
+# pkg install sqlite3
```
-Get a recent version of [Bundler](http://gembundler.com/)
+Or compile the `databases/sqlite3` port.
+
+Get a recent version of [Bundler](http://bundler.io/)
```bash
$ gem install bundler
@@ -84,7 +91,43 @@ and run:
$ bundle install --without db
```
-This command will install all dependencies except the MySQL and PostgreSQL Ruby drivers. We will come back to these soon. With dependencies installed, you can run the test suite with:
+This command will install all dependencies except the MySQL and PostgreSQL Ruby drivers. We will come back to these soon.
+
+NOTE: If you would like to run the tests that use memcached, you need to ensure that you have it installed and running.
+
+You can use [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) to install memcached on OS X:
+
+```bash
+$ brew install memcached
+```
+
+On Ubuntu you can install it with apt-get:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo apt-get install memcached
+```
+
+Or use yum on Fedora or CentOS:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo yum install memcached
+```
+
+If you are running on Arch Linux:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo pacman -S memcached
+```
+
+For FreeBSD users, you're done with:
+
+```bash
+# pkg install memcached
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can compile the `databases/memcached` port.
+
+With the dependencies now installed, you can run the test suite with:
```bash
$ bundle exec rake test
@@ -104,13 +147,20 @@ $ cd railties
$ TEST_DIR=generators bundle exec rake test
```
-You can run any single test separately too:
+You can run the tests for a particular file by using:
```bash
$ cd actionpack
$ bundle exec ruby -Itest test/template/form_helper_test.rb
```
+Or, you can run a single test in a particular file:
+
+```bash
+$ cd actionpack
+$ bundle exec ruby -Itest path/to/test.rb -n test_name
+```
+
### Active Record Setup
The test suite of Active Record attempts to run four times: once for SQLite3, once for each of the two MySQL gems (`mysql` and `mysql2`), and once for PostgreSQL. We are going to see now how to set up the environment for them.
@@ -123,7 +173,19 @@ The Active Record test suite requires a custom config file: `activerecord/test/c
#### MySQL and PostgreSQL
-To be able to run the suite for MySQL and PostgreSQL we need their gems. Install first the servers, their client libraries, and their development files. In Ubuntu just run
+To be able to run the suite for MySQL and PostgreSQL we need their gems. Install
+first the servers, their client libraries, and their development files.
+
+On OS X, you can run:
+
+```bash
+$ brew install mysql
+$ brew install postgresql
+```
+
+Follow the instructions given by Homebrew to start these.
+
+In Ubuntu just run:
```bash
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev
@@ -137,6 +199,25 @@ $ sudo yum install mysql-server mysql-devel
$ sudo yum install postgresql-server postgresql-devel
```
+If you are running Arch Linux, MySQL isn't supported anymore so you will need to
+use MariaDB instead (see [this announcement](https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-replaces-mysql-in-repositories/)):
+
+```bash
+$ sudo pacman -S mariadb libmariadbclient mariadb-clients
+$ sudo pacman -S postgresql postgresql-libs
+```
+
+FreeBSD users will have to run the following:
+
+```bash
+# pkg install mysql56-client mysql56-server
+# pkg install postgresql93-client postgresql93-server
+```
+
+Or install them through ports (they are located under the `databases` folder).
+If you run into troubles during the installation of MySQL, please see
+[the MySQL documentation](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/freebsd-installation.html).
+
After that, run:
```bash
@@ -156,26 +237,35 @@ mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON activerecord_unittest.*
to 'rails'@'localhost';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON activerecord_unittest2.*
to 'rails'@'localhost';
+mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON inexistent_activerecord_unittest.*
+ to 'rails'@'localhost';
```
and create the test databases:
```bash
$ cd activerecord
-$ bundle exec rake mysql:build_databases
+$ bundle exec rake db:mysql:build
```
-PostgreSQL's authentication works differently. A simple way to set up the development environment for example is to run with your development account
+PostgreSQL's authentication works differently. To setup the development environment
+with your development account, on Linux or BSD, you just have to run:
```bash
$ sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser $USER
```
-and then create the test databases with
+and for OS X:
+
+```bash
+$ createuser --superuser $USER
+```
+
+Then you need to create the test databases with
```bash
$ cd activerecord
-$ bundle exec rake postgresql:build_databases
+$ bundle exec rake db:postgresql:build
```
It is possible to build databases for both PostgreSQL and MySQL with
@@ -196,4 +286,4 @@ NOTE: Using the rake task to create the test databases ensures they have the cor
NOTE: You'll see the following warning (or localized warning) during activating HStore extension in PostgreSQL 9.1.x or earlier: "WARNING: => is deprecated as an operator".
-If you’re using another database, check the file `activerecord/test/config.yml` or `activerecord/test/config.example.yml` for default connection information. You can edit `activerecord/test/config.yml` to provide different credentials on your machine if you must, but obviously you should not push any such changes back to Rails.
+If you're using another database, check the file `activerecord/test/config.yml` or `activerecord/test/config.example.yml` for default connection information. You can edit `activerecord/test/config.yml` to provide different credentials on your machine if you must, but obviously you should not push any such changes back to Rails.