Install and run RapidFTR on Linux ( Archive )

To get RapidFTR running on your Linux machine while it's in a dev environment, you'll need to install the following:

• CouchDB
• ImageMagick
• Java
• Git
• Ruby 1.8.7 via RVM

Install the following core software:

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev build-essential git openjdk-7-jdk imagemagick openssh-server

CouchDB

• If you have Ubuntu 12.04 or below, first add a PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:longsleep/couchdb

• Install couchdb using apt:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install couchdb

Ruby 1.8.7 via RVM

• Follow RVM install instructions
• Install Ruby 1.8.7 using rvm

rvm install 1.8.7

• If you have RVM correctly configured, then just cd <path-to-rapidftr-codebase>, RVM will automatically create and use a gemset
• Otherwise, run: rvm --create use 1.8.7@rapidftr

To run RapidFTR:

• Clone this RapidFTR git repo(http://github.com/rapidftr/RapidFTR).
• Run bundle install
• Follow Initial Seeding and Running