Most of the contents of this file will eventually be added to /install.rb. In the meantime tips, hints and guides for installing beef should be kept here.  

=============================================

   1. Prerequisites (platform independent)
   2. Prerequisites (Windows)
   3. Prerequisites (Linux)
   4. Prerequisites (Mac OSX)
   5. Install instructions



   1. Prerequisites (platform independent)

      Beef requires ruby 1.8  

      
   2. Prerequisites (Windows)
      
      Windows requires the sqlite.dll.  Simply grab the zip file below and extract it to your Ruby bin directory:

	  http://www.sqlite.org/sqlitedll-3_7_0_1.zip
      

   3. Prerequisites (Linux)

      !!! This must be done PRIOR to running the Beef installer !!!
      
      On linux you will need to find the packages specific to your distribution for sqlite.  An example for Ubuntu systems is:

	  sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 sqlite3-doc
	  
	  
	  You also need to install the ruby-dev package (required for mkmf)
	  
	  sudo apt-get install ruby-dev
	  
	  
   4. Prerequisites (Mac OSX)
   
      Make sure you have XCode installed - which provided the sqlite support Beef needs
      

   5. Install instructions
   
      Obtain application code either by downloading an archive from http://code.google.com/p/beef/downloads/list or checking out the source from http://code.google.com/p/beef/source/checkout

	  Navigate to the ruby source directory and run:

	  ruby install

      The installer verifies required gems, including any specific version dependencies

      The installer offers a choice of auto-installing missing gems or provides the command so you can install gems manually