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Add a note that Extlib is actually shared by Merb and DM.
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michaelklishin committed Aug 7, 2008
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Then download the `merb` source:

git clone git://github.com/sam/extlib.git
git clone git://github.com/wycats/merb-core.git
git clone git://github.com/wycats/merb-plugins.git
git clone git://github.com/wycats/merb-more.git

Then install the gems via rake:

cd extlib ; rake install ; cd ..
cd merb-core ; rake install ; cd ..
cd merb-more ; rake install ; cd ..
cd merb-plugins; rake install ; cd ..

Note that Merb and DataMappers share Extlib library since after 0.9.3 release of DM.
The `json_pure` gem is needed for merb to install on [JRuby](http://jruby.codehaus.org/) (Java implementation of a Ruby Interpreter), otherwise use the `json` gem as it's faster.

Merb is ORM agnostic, but as the title of this book suggests we'll be using
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