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Installing rvm on Ubuntu
## Run the following from your terminal ##
# Get git and curl and install rvm
sudo aptitude install curl git-core
bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
sed -i 's/^\[/# [/' ~/.bashrc
echo '[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
# Next, install dependencies for compiling Ruby
sudo apt-get install curl bison build-essential autoconf zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libreadline6-dev
# dependencies for compiling our RubyGems gems
sudo aptitude install libpq-dev libmysql-ruby libmysqlclient-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libxslt-dev libxml2-dev imagemagick
# openssl package for RVM
rvm package install openssl
# readline package for RVM
rvm package install readline
# installing ruby
rvm install 1.9.2 -C --with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr,--with-readline-dir=$rvm_path/usr
# Lastly, make rvm version your default
rvm use 1.9.2 --default
## The above procedure was developed by Mike Smullin (http://github.com/mikesmullin)
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