Installation Issues

If you’ve followed the install instructions but run into problems, you can find some tips below.

Windows Users

At present, DataObjects does not run well on Windows natively
and will require you to install cygwin or another linux-like
environment. People have been able to get it installed and running
on Windows but with severe drops in performance. This is a known
issue and we’re working on it.

Dependencies

First port of call if you’re having issues with an installation is to make sure you have all the dependencies installed. Rubygems should take care of this for you, but just in case, make sure you have the following gems as well:

Using Trunk

You will also need to install the DataObject gem and the adaptor for your platform

1 sudo gem install data_objects
2 sudo gem install do_mysql

The current database adaptors are:

Getting Help

If you still have issues, we suggest getting onto the mailing list or the IRC channel and asking around. There’s friendly people there to help you out.