EC2 linux rvm ruby rails install steps

Steps to install ec2 amazon linux with rails

An old ruby version is required, currently it is intalled by default (v1.8.7), if not, install it using "yum install ruby" .

Steps

sudo -s

yum install -y git gcc-c++ autoconf automake make patch
yum install -y bzip2 readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel libyaml-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel iconv-devel

curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

gpasswd -a ec2-user rvm
source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
yum install -y bison

run the follwing to see that things are OK:

rvm requirements 

## for problems with rvm and kernel header file:

vi /etc/yum.conf

change the line to comment : #exclude=kernel*

yum install kernel-headers  

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Install ruby

rvm install 1.9.3-head

## create a new gemset and set the ruby and gemset to be default by rvm

rvm gemset create mygemset

rvm use 1.9.3-head@mygemset --default

# ruby is ready with rvm , now install rails (without documentation)

gem install rails -v 3.2.2 --no-rdoc --no-ri

next steps:

- install database 

- install passanger with apache