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Download Ruby and RubyGems from http://www.rubyonrails.org. Rails is a RubyGem, and RubyGems contains a program called gem that is used to install Rails.

I learnt how to install Rails by following the article Rolling with ruby on rails, it was written for rails 1.2 but had enough in there to get me started. You can find more articles at http://www.rubyonrails.org/docs.

I set Ruby on Rails up in a Cygwin and Windows environment. I made some personal setup notes, and they include a /dev/random error that I faced.

Later, I read Why the Lucky Stiff's (poignant) guide to Ruby, a comic that introduces you to Ruby. It has some great insights, but if your rushed for time you may want to skip to the content around the code sections and leave the story til later.