and it might be worth mentioning for newbies like me that ruby1.8-dev package is needed in order for the gems to install. Maybe that's too general for your instructions, or maybe there could be a tutorial "Wagn development for folks who've never done software development" -- I suppose I'd be the one to write it, or at least edit it, since all the experienced folks have probably become so accustomed to the details that the details are unconscious for them.

oof, that's pretty ugly. I'll fix the smaller issue above in a hurry. As for the bigger one, I'm pretty experienced at software development but absurdly inexperienced at system admin, mostly because of a long history of over-relying on Lewis. That even includes setting up Wagns. Maybe after we make some of the planned improvements to the installation process we should have some sort of online installation event where a bunch of us set up wagns on different platforms and work together to document it all.

  --Ethan McCutchen.....Fri Dec 10 09:42:47 -0800 2010

instructions / process now much improved. closing ticket.

  --Ethan McCutchen.....Sun Mar 25 03:58:30 +0000 2012