In this tutorial, we will be installing Capistrano on Alpine Linux Latest distribution. Capistrano is a popular open-source tool used for automating deployment of web applications.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to ensure that your package manager is up-to-date. Run the following command to update the package list:
sudo apk update
Capistrano is a Ruby-based tool so we need to first install Ruby. Run the following command to install Ruby:
sudo apk add ruby ruby-dev ruby-irb ruby-rdoc
Once the installation is completed verify the installation using the following command:
ruby -v
Capistrano requires some dependencies to be installed, these include the following:
We can install these dependencies via the following command:
sudo apk add git openssh
We can now install Capistrano using the following command:
sudo gem install capistrano
Once the installation is completed, verify the installation using the following command:
cap -v
Congratulations, you have now installed Capistrano on Alpine Linux Latest distribution. You can now use Capistrano to automate your deployments.
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