// debian etch - install ruby 1.8.6 + rubygems from source
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2 //build essentials
3 sudo aptitude install ssh gcc sudo build-essential make git-core subversion -y
4 sudo aptitude install bash man-db cron wget lynx bind9 -y
5 sudo aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient15-dev libmysql-ruby sqlite3 imagemagick -y
6
7 //now ruby 1.8.6 from source
8 cd /usr/src
9 wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6-p114.tar.gz
10 tar xfz ruby-1.8.6-p114.tar.gz
11 cd ruby-1.8.6-p114
12 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
13 sudo make
14 sudo make install
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16 //now gems from source
17 cd /usr/src
18 wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38646/rubygems-1.2.0.tgz
19 tar xfz rubygems-1.2.0.tgz
20 cd rubygems-1.2.0
21 sudo ruby setup.rb
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23 //update with
24 sudo gem install rubygems-update
25 sudo update_rubygems
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