DRAFT... From http://blog.fiveruns.com/2008/3/3/compiling-ruby-rubygems-and-rails-on-ubuntu Install pre-requisites ```ruby apt-get -y install build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev ``` Download and install ```ruby cd /usr/local/src wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz tar zxvf ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz cd ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-open