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+h1. Linux Debian
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+h2. General Debian GNU/Linux installation
+
+A detailed howto written by c00i90wn can be found at c00i90wn's homepage "here":http://www.cooldown.com.ar/2006/12/16/install-tracks-on-ubuntu-or-debian/ there explains how to install it on Debian or Ubuntu.
+
+(These instructions were written by Thomas Themel)
+
+Installing tracks on Debian is a bit more complicated than it should be, mainly because Debian splits ruby into a multitude of packages, while authors of ruby packages seemingly tend to assume that they are all installed.
+
+Installing Tracks requires Ruby on Rails, which in turn requires RubyGems.
+
+To install RubyGems, you need to install the following Debian packages:
+
+* ruby1.8
+* libzlib-ruby
+* libyaml-ruby
+
+When these and their dependencies are set up, it should be possible to install !RubyGems:
+
+<code>
+sokrates:/home/themel/ruby/rubygems-0.8.4# ruby setup.rb all
+---&gt; bin
+[...]
+  Successfully built RubyGem
+  Name: sources
+  Version: 0.0.1
+  File: sources-0.0.1.gem
+sokrates:/home/themel/ruby/rubygems-0.8.4#
+</code>
+
+For installation of the rails GEM, more Debian packages are required:
+
+* libdrb-ruby
+* liberb-ruby
+* rdoc
+
+RubyGems can then install Ruby on Rails:
+
+<code>
+sokrates:/home/themel/ruby/rubygems-0.8.4# gem install rails
+Attempting local installation of 'rails'
+Local gem file not found: rails*.gem
+Attempting remote installation of 'rails'
+Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
+Install required dependency rake? [Yn]  y 
+Install required dependency activerecord? [Yn]  
+Install required dependency actionpack? [Yn]  
+Install required dependency actionmailer? [Yn]  
+Successfully installed rails, version 0.9.5
+Installing RDoc documentation for rails-0.9.5...
+WARNING: Generating RDoc on .gem that may not have RDoc.
+
+lib/rails_generator.rb:34:46: Skipping require of dynamic string: "#{path}/#{name}_generator.rb"
+Installing RDoc documentation for rake-0.4.15...
+Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-1.6.0...
+Installing RDoc documentation for actionpack-1.4.0...
+
+lib/action_controller/scaffolding.rb:87:37: Skipping require of dynamic string: "#{model_id.id2name}"
+Installing RDoc documentation for actionmailer-0.6.1...
+sokrates:/home/themel/ruby/rubygems-0.8.4#
+</code>
+
+To run tracks, we need another Debian package: 
+
+* libwebrick-ruby
+
+The final issue that I ran into is that the ruby MySQL client seems to expect the MySQL server socket in its default location in /tmp when the specified database host is localhost.  Debian doesn't place the server socket in /tmp/mysql.socket, but rather in /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.socket. This causes the error
+
+<code>
+No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock
+</code>
+
+when starting tracks. To fix this, add a socket line to the appropriate environments in your config/database.yml:
+
+<code>
+development:
+  adapter: mysql
+  database: tracks
+  host: localhost
+  username: root
+  password:
+  socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+</code>
+
+Happy GTDing!
+
+Thomas Themel
+
+Radagast has also had some success with Debian and Tracks, and posts detailed instructions "here":http://rhosgobel.blogspot.com/2005/09/installing-tracks-on-debian.html.
+
+h2. Ubuntu Dapper Drake
+
+There are some very clear and straightforward instructions for "Ubuntu Dapper Drake here":http://www.rubyrailways.com/getting-ruby-on-rails-up-and-running-on-ubuntu-dapper/.
+
+h2. Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Installation
+
+Here are some [url=https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails]clear instructions[/url] for getting rails and Edgy to play well together.
+
+h2. Debian Subdirectory Installation
+
+Install notes for Debian Lenny, including specific details and patches required for installing in a subdirectory "here":http://bitcube.co.uk/content/getting-things-done-tracks
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