DebianInstall¶

1: Install ruby, rails, gems and passenger¶

1.1 Prepare your system¶

apt-get install gcc build-essential zlib1g zlib1g-dev zlibc libzlib-ruby libssl-dev libyaml-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-prefork-dev libapr1-dev

1.2 download, build and install ruby¶

wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.3-p327.tar.gz
tar xvfz ruby-1.9.3-p327.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.9.2-p0
./configure --enable-pthread --prefix=/usr/local
make && make install

1.3 check if ruby works¶

ruby –v

1.4 make ruby support OpenSSL¶

cd ruby-1.9.2-p0
cd ext/openssl/
ruby extconf.rb
make && make install

1.5 gem installed?¶

By now, gem should already be installed, check:

gem -v

1.6 install rails¶

gem install rails

1.7 install passenger (application server)¶

gem install passenger
passenger-install-apache2-module

1.8 configure apache¶

Put this in /etc/apache/mods-available/passenger.load

LoadModule passenger_module /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/passenger-3.0.18/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so

And put this in /etc/apache/mods-available/passenger.conf

PassengerRoot /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/passenger-3.0.18
PassengerRuby /usr/local/bin/ruby
PassengerDefaultUser www-data

1.9 activate module¶

a2enmod passenger