Tag Archives: Rails

Rails with RVM Quickstart Howto

What Is RVM? RVM is the Ruby Version Manager and it lets you install many different versions of Ruby all at the same time, and select which one you want to use. It also lets you install different ruby gems … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 10.10 Server In A Box – One Click Quick Install

For The Impatient Just run this command, however, I would highly recommend you read this full blog post before you do so. bash < <( curl https://github.com/rocksolidwebdesign/Ubuntu-Server-In-A-Box/raw/master/download-install ) && cd Ubuntu-Server-In-A-Box/maverick_cloud && fab setup Remember from like 3rd grade when … Continue reading

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Getting common dev headers needed for compiling python packages and ruby gems

If you want to use python with web projects like Django then there are some common extras you’ll want like MySQL and PostgreSQL database support and image processing from the Python Image Library or PIL. You may commonly want XML, … Continue reading

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How To apt-get Yourself a Web Server

You might think of this as a companion tutorial guide to my Ubuntu Server In A Box – One Click Installer or maybe you want to think of that as the companion installer to this guide. Either way I hope … Continue reading

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Wow Rackspace is Awesome

Rackspace cloud server, 256M and 10G for $10/mo and you don’t pay unless you spin up the server? Online file storage for a few cents per month? I’m in. Looks like an awesome dev solution and they’ve got a bunch … Continue reading

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