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Web Programming in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
I’ll mostly be working with Python, but that is already installed, so I’ll hook up some other fun tools: Ruby on Rails with the MySQL database and the NetBeans IDE.

Ruby on Rails and MySQL
I found a superbly concise guide to installing Ruby on Rails and MySQL in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, so I’ll link to that rather than bother reposting the steps: RubyHead.com. The only thing sorely missing from that guide is a link to the rubygem download.

Phpmyadmin
The Phpmyadmin GUI is a handy tool for managing MySQL databases, and its easy to install with the terminal command:

$ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Then open it in a web browser at:

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

NetBeans IDE 6.1
NetBeans is an impressive integrated development environment (IDE) that I use for web programming in Ruby on Rails. NetBeans is built on Java, and as such requires the Java Development Kit so I get that by running the terminal command:

$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

Then I browse to the NetBeans site and download the installer file to my home folder. The file must be made executable, then I can run it:

$ sudo chmod +x ./netbeans-6.1-ml-linux.sh
$ ./netbeans-6.1-ml-linux.sh

From there I just follow the onscreen instructions.