qDot wrote up a really nice tutorial on how to install Ruby, Rails and Tracks on Dreamhost. It would probably also be a good guide for anyone else who is hosted on a server where Ruby isn’t already installed. However — and I feel a bit like a kids TV presenter saying that you should get an adult to help you with the cutting out — do ask your host first if they would mind you doing this. I don’t want to be responsible for anyone being booted off their server!

Note also that step 1 of installing Tracks isn’t necessary as of Tracks 1.01; Redcloth is distributed with the application.

Thanks, qDot!