Get Ready

Sign up for github: https://github.com/signup/free
Install git: http://git-scm.com/download
Install rvm: https://rvm.io//rvm/install/
Install ruby rvm install 1.9.3-p194
Use ruby 1.9.3: rvm use 1.9.3-p194 --default
Update RubyGems: gem update --system
Install bundler: gem install bundler
Configure the rake solr task with the test environment rake sunspot:solr:run RAILS_ENV=test

Install

Check out the source: git clone git://github.com/gardner/CauseRoot.git
Change into src dir: cd CauseRoot
Install required gems: bundle install read this if you receive errors
If Nokogiri installation fails please read this page the solution is system dependent. Please be sure to install version 1.5.2
Configure your database setup: cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Initialize the database: rake db:create; rake db:migrate
Run the app: rails server
Go to http://127.0.0.1:3000