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Learn how to install Rails on a Windows computer.
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So, the first thing we're gonna do is
search up, turn windows features on or
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off, do you see the one called
Virtual Machine Platform?
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We're gonna turn that one on, then we're
also gonna need to turn on two more ones
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and that is called Windows Subsystem for
Linux, and
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it's also called
Windows Hypervisor Platform.
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These are certain prerequisites that we
need to actually install Ruby on Rails on
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windows, we're gonna
be doing it via Linux.
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So we're actually gonna install
a subsystem for Linux on windows, and
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it's gonna take few gigabytes,
so make sure you have the space.
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And once you have these turned on, it's
gonna require us to restart our computer.
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So go ahead and restart your computer, and
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as you can see now it says to
restart the computer, so restart.
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