Apt-get install rails works fine, as long as you're doing it to apt-get install a distro-packaged rails app like redmine. It doesn't, and shouldn't, work for de

Apt-get install rails works fine, as long as you're doing it to apt-get install a distro-packaged rails app like redmine. It doesn't, and shouldn't, work for development. The distro's job is to supply end-user applications, not up-to-the-minute development tools.