# Installation Help for RoR on Debian Etch

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-help-for-ror-on-debian-etch/147355>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 1, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-help-for-ror-on-debian-etch/147355 "2008-09-01T00:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxbohr)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-help-for-ror-on-debian-etch/147355/1 "2008-09-01T00:12:51Z")

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I followed the installation guide on the rubyonrails wiki but rails said  
gem wasn’t up to date, and then there were issues with rails. So I said  
screw it and decided to doa fresh install of debian and try over. Every  
ruby installation guide on debian that I’ve seen is from a year or more  
ago so I’m a bit angsty to try them.

Does anyone know of a recent installation guide, or one an older one  
that they’ve personally used and knows works on a fresh debian etch  
install? I really like ruby and would love to have rails up and running.

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxbohr)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-help-for-ror-on-debian-etch/147355/2 "2008-09-01T00:37:50Z")

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On 31 Aug 2008, at 23:12, Max B. wrote:

> Does anyone know of a recent installation guide, or one an older one  
> that they’ve personally used and knows works on a fresh debian etch  
> install? I really like ruby and would love to have rails up and  
> running.

while I haven’t tried this one, all of slicehost’s other guides have  
been top notch

[http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/9/11/debian-etch-mysql-and-ror](http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/9/11/debian-etch-mysql-and-ror)

The article seems to have been updated since it was first written, eg  
it mentions ruby gems 1.2.0 which was only released fairly recently  
(and is the latest version)

Fred

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**Author:** ![maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxbohr)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-help-for-ror-on-debian-etch/147355/3 "2008-09-01T00:39:08Z")

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Thank you, I’ll give it a shot.

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**Author:** ![maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@maxbohr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxbohr)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-help-for-ror-on-debian-etch/147355/4 "2008-09-01T01:03:55Z")

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Thank you, rails is up and running.