I've never had very good luck using the Ubuntu Ruby packages. The binaries are never linked, and I can't update Rubygems, which means I can't install a lot of g

I've never had very good luck using the Ubuntu Ruby packages. The binaries are never linked, and I can't update Rubygems, which means I can't install a lot of gems that I need. Is it tough to use RVM on a production server? Is it easy to get Thin setup and all that?