1. Set environment valiable if you want to change a config file path. $ export ROCKET_STARTER_CONF=~/.rocket_starter 2. Create config file. $ rocketstarter --init 3. Modify default values and plugin list. $ vi ~/.rocket_starter $ vi ~/useful_plugins 4. Test for setting $ rocketstarter --check 5. Create project. $ cd source-dir $ rocketstarter project_name 6. Execute sqld4r if you want $ cd project_name/rails/project_name $ sqld4r /path/to/DBDesigner.xml For more information on rocket-starter, see http://rocket-starter.rubyforge.org