Install and run on Debian based Linux Distributions

General Notes:

Some of the packages may be in place already on some distros, whereas others will need to be updated. It does not hurt to run the apt-get command either way. Packages you already have will be left alone. Pay attention to CouchDB especially, since it changes a lot between releases.

Package List

Apt

sudo apt-get ruby1.8 ruby1.8-dev rubygems1.8 default-jre-headless libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev imagemagick

• ruby1.8 (= 1.8.7*)
• ruby1.8-dev (= 1.8.7*)
• rubygems1.8 (>= 1.3.5*)
• couchdb (>= 0.10.*)
• default-jre-headless
• libxml2
• libxml2-dev
• libxslt1
• libxslt1-dev
• imagemagick (7:6.5.1.0-1.1ubuntu3)

Gems

sudo gem install rails -v '2.3.5'
sudo gem install json rspec cucumber

Awesome!

CouchDB should now be running on http://localhost:5984
You should also be able to see the built-in database admin tool, Futon, on http://localhost:5984/_utils/