We completed setting up ssh and ssh keys in part one, let's continue now with part two of installing a full Rails stack.

SSH into your server:

By default, Debian and Ubuntu have five package repositories called main, restricted, universe, multiverse, and commercial. You will need the universe package repository. By default, it may or may not be enabled. To check, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file (note that if you didn't install the aliases in part one you'll use "sudo nano" instead of sn below):

Uncomment the following two lines (assuming Ubuntu Feisty is installed):

Save and exit nano.

Now, lets make sure our server packages are up to date (note that in all of the installs for our Rails stack if you are prompted with "yes/no" say yes:

Install the GCC Tool Chain:

Now lets create a src directory to build from and get ruby and friends setup:

Install other core packages:

Install RubyGems:

Install Ruby on Rails and Dependencies (the following will download the latest framework):

If you need a specific version of rails here is an example which gets version 1.2.5:

Now let's install Mongrel (make sure you select the top ruby option when prompted):

Now we need to install some packages in preparation for Nginx:

Grab the latest build of Nginx:

Check that nginx is working and in your $PATH. The version command option should do the trick:

That's it for today. Next time we will setup the Nginx configuration files for our website and continue to add new functionality to our stack.

Tags: Rails, ruby on rails, setup, subversion