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how do i get a browser to run as my Vm (ubuntu + rails dev stack ) Machine only has a command prompt
i have sucessfully installed a VMware player on a win 7 host ,downloaded and installed a BITNAMI UBUTU 10.1 + RUBY RAILSDEV (1.9 & 3) VIRTUAL BITNAMI MACHINE IN THE VM PLAYER
ruby ,gems ,rails aLlworking and run the rails server command and received the output in the terminal that the server is running and according the the various rails .org tutorials I should now open up my browser to local host 0.0.0.0: 3000 and see the ruby rails welcome page but ... how do i get a browser to run as my VN Machine only has a command prompt ??
ruby ,gems ,rails aLlworking and run the rails server command and received the output in the terminal that the server is running and according the the various rails .org tutorials I should now open up my browser to local host 0.0.0.0: 3000 and see the ruby rails welcome page but ... how do i get a browser to run as my VN Machine only has a command prompt ??
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Thank you to louisreeves & Virtalicious
I have tried startx .. command not found so I deduce that i am" headless" ie server only and that there is no GUI in the bitnami ruby rails stack VM machine ,which is fair enough
so could you elaborate a little please (Virtalicious) so i can get to work and at last see rails say "Hello world "
a) if I make the Vm network accessable doe that mean I can see the Ruby served pages on my host machines browsers via http/// local host -3000 or a similar .(the script command in rails will i presume indicate this as before
b) how do i make the VM as you say network accessible ( I am using VM player 3 .1.3
thanks in advance
I have tried startx .. command not found so I deduce that i am" headless" ie server only and that there is no GUI in the bitnami ruby rails stack VM machine ,which is fair enough
so could you elaborate a little please (Virtalicious) so i can get to work and at last see rails say "Hello world "
a) if I make the Vm network accessable doe that mean I can see the Ruby served pages on my host machines browsers via http/// local host -3000 or a similar .(the script command in rails will i presume indicate this as before
b) how do i make the VM as you say network accessible ( I am using VM player 3 .1.3
thanks in advance
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the Links or Lynx commands for example.
But StartX would be the better way.
Alternatively you could make your VM network accessible and connect from your workstation.