5.2 Building a Server in a Nutshell

apt-get update
# updates the list of software our server knows about

apt-get install ruby-dev
# installs the tools we need for a ruby environment

apt-get install build-essential
# essential build tools such as GCC

apt-get install git
# what's going on with git right now?

###--- postgres database!
apt-get install postgresql
apt-get install postgresql-contrib

# create a user
sudo -u postgres createuser -s $USER
createdb $USER
touch ~/.psql_history
apt-get install libpq-dev
gem install pg

###--- gems!
gem install json -v 1.8.2
gem install bundler