Target ruby 2.5.1 to match Ubuntu

[rails.git] / INSTALL.md

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
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--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ If you want to deploy the software for your own project, then see the notes at t
 
 You can install the software directly on your machine, which is the traditional and probably best-supported approach. However, there is an alternative which may be easier: Vagrant. This installs the software into a virtual machine, which makes it easier to get a consistent development environment and may avoid installation difficulties. For Vagrant instructions, see [VAGRANT.md](VAGRANT.md).
 
-These instructions are based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which is the platform used by the OSMF servers.
+These instructions are based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which is the platform used by the OSMF servers.
 The instructions also work, with only minor amendments, for all other current Ubuntu releases, Fedora and MacOSX
 
 We don't recommend attempting to develop or deploy this software on Windows. If you need to use Windows, then try developing this software using Ubuntu in a virtual machine, or use [Vagrant](VAGRANT.md).
@@ -18,22 +18,21 @@ of packages required before you can get the various gems installed.
 
 ## Minimum requirements
 
-* Ruby 2.0
-* RubyGems 1.3.1+
+* Ruby 2.5+
 * PostgreSQL 9.1+
 * ImageMagick
 * Bundler
 * Javascript Runtime
 
-These can be installed on Ubuntu 14.04 or later with:
+These can be installed on Ubuntu 16.04 or later with:
 
 ```
-sudo apt-get install ruby2.0 libruby2.0 ruby2.0-dev \
+sudo apt-get install ruby2.5 libruby2.5 ruby2.5-dev \
                      libmagickwand-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev nodejs \
-                     apache2 apache2-threaded-dev build-essential git-core \
+                     apache2 apache2-dev build-essential git-core \
                      postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev postgresql-server-dev-all \
-                     libsasl2-dev imagemagick
-sudo gem2.0 install bundler
+                     libsasl2-dev imagemagick libffi-dev
+sudo gem2.5 install bundler
 ```
 
 ### Alternative platforms
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ sudo yum install ruby ruby-devel rubygem-rdoc rubygem-bundler rubygems \
                  libxml2-devel js \
                  gcc gcc-c++ git \
                  postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib postgresql-devel \
-                 perl-podlators ImageMagick
+                 perl-podlators ImageMagick libffi-devel
 ```
 
 If you didn't already have PostgreSQL installed then create a PostgreSQL instance and start the server:
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ For MacOSX, you will need XCode installed from the Mac App Store; OS X 10.7 (Lio
 
 Installing PostgreSQL:
 
-* Install Postgres.app from http://postgresapp.com/
+* Install Postgres.app from https://postgresapp.com/
 * Add PostgreSQL to your path, by editing your profile:
 
 `nano ~/.profile`
@@ -80,9 +79,11 @@ and adding:
 
 Installing other dependencies:
 
-* Install Homebrew from http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/
+* Install Homebrew from https://brew.sh/
 * Install the latest version of Ruby: `brew install ruby`
 * Install ImageMagick: `brew install imagemagick`
+* Install libxml2: `brew install libxml2 --with-xml2-config`
+* If you want to run the tests, you need `phantomjs` as well: `brew install phantomjs`
 * Install Bundler: `gem install bundler`
 
 Note that OS X does not have a /home directory by default, so if you are using the GPX functions, you will need to change the directories specified in config/application.yml.