Rubygems on Debian "one-click installer"

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Rubygems on Debian “one-click installer”

Before I mentioned Rails on Debian ‘one-click installer’ . Seems there is also a way to install ruby gems with apt-get on debian-like systems . It’s in japanese, so just a short translation:

Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list :

deb http://backports.mithril-linux.org sarge-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://backports.mithril-linux.org sarge-backports main contrib non-free

Add to your /etc/apt/preferences :

Package: rubygems
Pin: release a=sarge-backports
Pin-Priority: 900

Install rubygems:

apt-get update
apt-get install rubygems
The rubygems are installed in /var/lib/gems so we need to change the PATH environment variable in order to access gem command. Inside /etc/profile : 
export PATH="/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin:$PATH"

Install rails

gem install rails -y

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