From f8a54e16a99cc8a4af35f5b5f96b2fb3ba6bed1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: schneems Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 20:33:27 -0400 Subject: Explain that command line commands have $ This was extremely confusing to new programmers, also different operating systems call the command line something different --- guides/source/getting_started.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'guides/source') diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index 2cce1b9b07..563cee6ad2 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ TIP: The examples below use # and $ to denote superuser and regular user termina ### Installing Rails +Open up a command line prompt. On a mac this is called terminal, on windows it is called command prompt. Any commands prefaced with a dollar sign `$` should be run in the command line. Verify sure you have a current version of Ruby installed: + +```bash +$ ruby -v +ruby 1.9.3p194 +``` + To install Rails, use the `gem install` command provided by RubyGems: ```bash -- cgit v1.2.3