Codecast: Install Rails 6, PostgreSQL 13, MariaDB 10.5


In this codecast, Mike installs Rails 6.1, PostgreSQL 13 and MariaDB 10.5 on Ubuntu 20-04.

See the previous videos in the setup and configuration series for installing Rails dependencies:

0:00:10 – Install Rails

gem install rails
rails new systemtest
cd systemtest
rails s 

0:03:52 – Install PostgreSQL 13

Add the PPA

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'

Add the GPG key

wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Update the sources

sudo apt update

Install PostgreSQL

sudo apt-get -y install postgresql

Verify running status

sudo systemctl status postgresql

0:07:49 – Install additional PostgreSQL packages

sudo apt install libpq-dev
sudo apt install postgresql-client
sudo apt install postgresql-server-dev
sudo apt install pgadmin3 pgadmin3-data

0:12:45 – Install MariaDB 10.5

Install software-properties-common dependency

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

Add GPG key

sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys 'https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc'

Add PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] https://mirror.jaleco.com/mariadb/repo/10.5/ubuntu focal main'

Update the sources

sudo apt update

Install the server

sudo apt install mariadb-server

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