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# install required packages for building
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5-dev

# download and install ruby
wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p248.tar.gz
tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7-p248.tar.gz 
cd ruby-1.8.7-p248
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..
 
# download and install rubygems
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/69365/rubygems-1.3.6.tgz
tar zxvf rubygems-1.3.6.tgz
cd rubygems-1.3.6
sudo ruby setup.rb
cd ..

# install rails
sudo gem install rails