Ruby Development Tools Documentation - 0.9.0

Chapter 1. Getting Started
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## Chapter 1. Getting Started

## Preparing the Workbench

In this section, you will verify that the workbench is properly set up for Ruby development.

The following is assumed:

- You are starting with a new workbench installation with default settings.

- You are familiar with the basic workbench mechanisms, such as views and perspectives.

If you're not familiar with the basic workbench mechanisms, please see the Getting Started chapter of the Workbench User Guide.

### Important Settings

1. Open the workbench preferences by selecting the menu item Window > Preferences.

2. Go to the Installed Interpreters preference page by selecting Ruby > Installed Interpreters in the tree pane on the left. Click the Add button to define the location of your ruby executable. A dialog opens where you can specify a name and the path to a ruby interpreter. Example settings are: name="ruby 1.6.7", path="/usr/bin/ruby". The name can be chosen freely.

3. Leave the preferences by clicking on OK.

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