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#!/bin/bash
apt-get -y install build-essential wget zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
cd /usr/src
wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/34638/rubygems-1.1.0.tgz
tar xf ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.8.6
./configure
make
make install
cd /usr/src
tar xf rubygems-1.1.0.tgz
cd rubygems-1.1.0
ruby setup.rb
gem install rails
gem install mongrel
gem install mongrel_cluster
apt-get -y install apache2
exit 0