RubyMine – run test and got “getpgid: No such process (Errno::ESRCH)”

Background OS: Debian 8 Desktop: Xfce Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13) [i386-linux-gnu] Rails version: Rails 4.2.5 RubyMine version: 8.0.3 VNC Server version: TightVNC-1.3.9 VNC Client: TightVNC Viewer for Windows version 2.7.10 RubyMine started in VNC session. The session is terminated while RubyMine is still running and then reconnected after a few hours. Trying to run… Read More »

Install Eclipse and RadRails

Background OS: Debian 8 JDK 1.8 already installed Install Eclipse Eclipse can be installed using apt-get (Resources 1) > sudo apt-get install eclipse eclipse-jdt eclipse-cdt Parameters are list of packages installed eclipse – Extensible tool platform and Java IDE eclipse-jdt – Eclipse Java development tools (JDT) eclipse-cdt – C/C++ development tools for Eclipse IDE The… Read More »

Install PostgreSQL Database Driver

Background OS: Debian 8 PostgreSQL, Ruby and Rails installed Part of efforts to write a small Ruby on Rails reporting application which requires connection to PostgreSQL database. Attempt to install PostgreSQL database driver and got “missing library” error. > gem install postgresql Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing postgresql: ERROR:… Read More »

First attempt to run rails server and got “error while trying to load the gem ‘uglifier'”

Background OS: Debian 8 Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13) [i386-linux-gnu] Rails version: Rails 4.2.5 Ruby and Rails are installed, created first hello world app, executed “bundle install” Trying to run “rails server” > rails server Warning: Running `gem pristine –all` to regenerate your installed gemspecs (and deleting then reinstalling your bundle if you use bundle… Read More »