Running rails on my linux mint

Hi
i cannot start my rails server webrick and i m just start learning
rails …
the error i get is:

/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/script_rails_loader.rb:11:
warning: Insecure world writable dir /sbin in PATH, mode 040777
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.3.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:216:
warning:
Insecure world writable dir /sbin in PATH, mode 040777
=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 3.2.13 application starting in development on
http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
Exiting
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2/client.rb:44:in
connect': Unknown database 'simple_pod_development' (Mysql2::Error) from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2/client.rb:44:in initialize’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb:16:in
new' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb:16:in mysql2_connection’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:315:in
send' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:315:in new_connection’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:325:in
checkout_new_connection' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:247:in checkout’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:242:in
loop' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:242:in checkout’
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in synchronize' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:239:in checkout’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:102:in
connection' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in synchronize’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:101:in
connection' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:410:in retrieve_connection’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:171:in
retrieve_connection' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:145:in connection’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/railtie.rb:88
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in
instance_exec' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in run’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:in
run_initializers' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in each’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in
run_initializers' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/application.rb:136:in initialize!’
from
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in
send' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in method_missing’
from /opt/lampp/htdocs/pod/simple_pod/config/environment.rb:5
from /opt/lampp/htdocs/pod/simple_pod/config.ru:3:in require' from /opt/lampp/htdocs/pod/simple_pod/config.ru:3 from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.4.5/lib/rack/builder.rb:51:in instance_eval’
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.4.5/lib/rack/builder.rb:51:in
initialize' from /opt/lampp/htdocs/pod/simple_pod/config.ru:0:in new’
from /opt/lampp/htdocs/pod/simple_pod/config.ru:0

any help please

On 13 April 2013 10:19, Ahmed saidi [email protected] wrote:

=> Rails 3.2.13 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
Exiting
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2/client.rb:44:in `connect’:
Unknown database ‘simple_pod_development’ (Mysql2::Error)

The clue may be in the above error message.

Are you following a tutorial to get you started? If not then I
suggest working through a good one such as railstutorial.org, which is
free to use online.

Colin

It seems to be looking for your development database.