lol setup

gistfile1.txt

//install dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-core curl zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev

//install rbenv

cd
git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git .rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

rbenv install 1.9.2-p290
rbenv global 1.9.2-p290
ruby -v

//make gem installs quicker

echo "gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc" > ~/.gemrc

//install mysql clients

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev

//finally, it's probably best if you can clone the current rails project into the new box at whatever location you want it to live. I should be able to take it from there.

Thanks!