# I had to completely re-install one of my Ubuntu servers

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**Created:** [May 11, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-had-to-completely-re-install-one-of-my-ubuntu-servers/188415 "2010-05-11T17:26:43Z")\
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I am having trouble getting my rails system up. I used the apt-get  
install of  
thin, as gems install failed. This is Ubuntu 10.04. Any  
recommendations  
regarding that?

I probably have a simple problem, but perhaps others have used 10.04 and  
have  
counsel.

xc

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**Author:** ![Xeno\_CSS\_Eskimo\_No](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/a9a28c/32.png) [@Xeno\_CSS\_Eskimo\_No](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_CSS_Eskimo_No)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-had-to-completely-re-install-one-of-my-ubuntu-servers/188415/2 "2010-05-12T11:18:16Z")

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Xeno C. / Eskimo North and Gmail wrote:

> I am having trouble getting my rails system up. I used the apt-get  
> install of  
> thin, as gems install failed.

(1) “Doesn’t work” or “failed” are not adequate descriptions of a  
problem. Report the full detail of exactly what you did and what you  
saw. For more info see  
[http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro)

(2) Questions about Rails are best asked on a Rails mailing list; it’s a  
very complex piece of software in its own right.

But in general: your choice of Ubuntu 10.04 should be fine.

“apt-get install ruby-full rubygems”

should be all that you need, followed by gem install rails (or  
whatever). If you want to build gems which have native C dependencies,  
then also do

“apt-get install build-essential”