Lesson: Install ActiveFedora

This Tutorial is known to work with ActiveFedora version 9.0.0.
Please update this wiki to reflect any other versions that have been tested.

Goals

• Create a project that has ActiveFedora installed as a dependency

Steps

Step 1: Create a new project

To get started, you will create a new folder, set up a Gemfile to install ActiveFedora, and then run bundler.

mkdir af-tutorial
cd af-tutorial

Step 2: Create a Gemfile for the project

Using whichever editor you prefer, create a file (in af-tutorial directory) called Gemfile with the following contents:

source 'http://rubygems.org'
gem 'active-fedora', '~> 9.0.0'

Step 3: Run bundler

You will need the bundler Gem. If you don't have it, run gem install bundler.

Now run bundler to install the gem:

bundle install

You should now be set to use irb to run the following examples.

Next Step

Proceed to Lesson: Use RDF to Represent Flat Metadata like Dublin Core (AF7)