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[[Category:Ruby]]
[[Category:Linux]]
[[Category:Ubuntu]]
[[Category:Extreme Programming]]

== Ubuntu ==
install ubuntu from [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Web Site]

=== required packages ===
    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get upgrade

    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential
    $ sudo apt-get install vim
    $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev #Needed for nokogiri gem
    $ sudo apt-get install libcurl3-dev #Needed for curb gem
    $ sudo apt-get install git-core
    $ sudo apt-get install curl

    $ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev # for pg gem

=== MySQL client and server ===
For a dev machine it's more convinient to leave the root password blank

    $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client  libmysqld-dev

=== PostgreSQL === 
 apt-get install postgresql-9.4 
    
=== RVM ===
Follow the instructions below to install `rvm`

    $ curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash

Open a new terminal window or source your profile

    $ rvm install 1.9.3

Make this the default version of ruby

    $ rvm use 1.9.3 --default

=== Test & Other Tools ===
 gem install cucumber 
 gem install bundler
 sudo apt-get install meld
 
=== Sources   ===
* koans.heroku.com
* ruby-doc.org
* tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/projects/ruby_in_100_minutes.html