32-bit compatible build for 10.6?

[aguynamedryan]

First off, thanks for the great work! I love this project!

I tried running Rails Installer 1.0.2 osx for 10.6 on an old MacMini running an Intel Core Duo, which has a 32-bit instruction set. Several of the executables (ruby and git at least) fail to run and report "Bad CPU Type" errors. I assume they are built to run on 64-bit processors.

Is it possible to support 32-bit only processors?

[mpapis]

32bit version would require additional compilation flags, and possibly code changes (framework) to support it, which is not yet planned but should be supported with RVM2 integration - this will take some time as it is on out list but quite low priority.

There is easier way - to build on 32bit machine, this should work without problems, but I do not have access to such machine. I could guide you through the process and help you with setting up everything, talk to me (@mpapis) on #rvm irc channel on freenode servers.

[yenbryan]

I really enjoy using the rails installer as well. And would love to use the installer to install rails on my older macbook(32 bit machine). I was wondering could you post some kind of instructions over here... I'm sure we wont be the only ones wondering how to work the installation on a 32 bit machine! thanks!!!!

[rnewman57]

I tried to use rails installer on my 32-bit Snow Leopard Mac and ran into lots of problems. If this is not supposed to work on a 32-bit machine, you should warn people on the download page, or the installer should warn as soon as it starts up.

[theCalibrius]

The installer should warn you about the CPU incompatibility part before trying to install and then only indicating a problem at the very end (without giving a hint as to why I might experience a problem) eg. "This install is only compatible with 64 bit machines, you have a 32 bit. You can end the installation or continue with the possibility of it not working correctly."