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Below you can find all commands need to install rails platform on Debian 5.0 (Lenny) Linux system.

Install necessary packages

apt-get install ruby irb rdoc openssl libopenssl-ruby mysql-server-5.0 \
libmysql-ruby

Download new rubygems source code and unpack it wherever you want

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/45905/rubygems-1.3.1.tgz
tar -zxvf rubygems-1.3.1.tgz

Go to unpacked directory and run setup.rb file

cd rubygems-1.3.1
ruby setup.rb

Create link if you want use gem command instead of gem1.8

ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem

Install rails using gem utility

gem install rails

Create your first rails application using mysql

rails -d mysql app

Go to your test rails application directory and check what database you have to create

cd app
cat config/databases.yml | grep database:

Create database in mysql

mysql>create database app_development;

In your rails test directory run command

./script/generate scaffold note title:string body:text

Import table schema to database

rake db:migrate

Run your first rails application and test it typing in web browser http://localhost:3000/notes

./script/server

If some of these points are questionable see placed below turorial

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