setup for my development ubuntu box

This is how I used to setup my server after a clean install... back in `08 or something...

#!/bin/bash
USER=`whoami`
if [ $USER != 'root' ]
    then
        echo "You aren't root."
        exit 1
fi

APT_OPTIONS='-qq' #implies --yes --quiet
WGET_OPTIONS='--no-verbose --quiet --output-document /tmp/server-ubuntu.log'

echo "Minor house-keeping before starting..."
apt-get $APT_OPTIONS autoremove
apt-get $APT_OPTIONS autoclean
clear


## BASICS ##
tasksel install server
tasksel install lamp-server
tasksel install openssh-server

## PHP ##
apt-get install php5-cli

## RAILS ##

# Install prefork compatible passenger to work alongside php
sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.brightbox.net hardy main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brightbox.list'
sh -c 'wget -q -O - http://apt.brightbox.net/release.asc | apt-key add -'
apt-get update
apt-get install libapache2-mod-passenger rails libwww-mechanize-ruby
apt-get $APT_OPTIONS install \
   rubygems \
   ruby-dev \
   libxslt-dev \
   libopenssl-ruby \
   libpdf-writer-ruby \
   libtransaction-simple-ruby \
   libactivesupport-ruby
gem install mechanize hoe
gem install fastthread
gem update

# OR install PHP through fastcgi
#sudo apt-get install apache2-mpm-worker libapache2-mod-fcgid php5-cgi

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