Easiest way to install Phusion Passenger
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Open a terminal, and type:
gem install passenger
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Type:
passenger-install-apache2-module
And follow the instructions.
If you encounter any problems, please read the Users guide for troubleshooting tips and/or try the tarball below.
Other installation methods & downloads
- Download source code
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To install Passenger from source code, extract the source tarball:
tar xzvf passenger-X.X.X.tar.gz
Then run the included installer:./passenger-X.X.X/bin/passenger-install-apache2-module
- Older versions
- Older versions of Passenger can be obtained from the RubyForge project page.
- Ruby Enterprise Edition
- You can transparently reduce memory usage of your Rails applications by about 33%, by using Ruby Enterprise Edition.