How to install Ruby on a Linode server?

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As the title says, what's the best way to install Ruby and then Ruby on Rails on a Linode server?

Matt · Answer 1 · 2011-07-10 21:33:32Z

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Try Phusion Passenger. Everything is well documented and it comes with an installer.

answered Jul 10 '11 at 21:33

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John Topley · Answer 2 · 2011-07-10 21:34:07Z

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Linode have plenty of documentation in the Library section of their website: http://library.linode.com/search?query=Ruby

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jaydel · Answer 3 · 2011-07-10 21:34:21Z

I can't address Linode specifically. But they provide shell access it seems and if you've got that you're home free.

Personally I'd install RVM and go from there.

cbmeeks · Answer 4 · 2012-04-03 15:33:18Z

Check out Ryan Bate's screen casts. He has one (not free but cheap at $9/mo) for deploying a rails app to Linode (or any VPS for that matter).

Even though you might not be developing in Rails, he covers basic setup of an Ubuntu machine.

Very informative.

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