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+#!/bin/sh
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get upgrade
+
+sudo apt-get install -y git-core wget curl gcc checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libreadline5-dev libc6-dev libssl-dev libmysql++-dev make build-essential zlib1g-dev libicu-dev redis-server openssh-server git-core python-dev python-pip
+
+wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz
+tar xfvz ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz
+cd ruby-1.9.2-p290
+./configure
+make
+sudo make install
+
+sudo adduser \
+  --system \
+  --shell /bin/sh \
+  --gecos 'git version control' \
+  --group \
+  --disabled-password \
+  --home /home/git \
+  git
+
+sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'gitlab system' gitlab
+
+sudo usermod -a -G git gitlab
+
+sudo -H -u gitlab ssh-keygen -q -N '' -t rsa -f /home/gitlab/.ssh/id_rsa
+
+cd /home/git
+sudo -H -u git git clone git://github.com/gitlabhq/gitolite /home/git/gitolite
+
+sudo -u git -H /home/git/gitolite/src/gl-system-install
+sudo cp /home/gitlab/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /home/git/gitlab.pub
+sudo chmod 777 /home/git/gitlab.pub
+
+sudo -u git -H sed -i 's/0077/0007/g' /home/git/share/gitolite/conf/example.gitolite.rc
+sudo -u git -H sh -c "PATH=/home/git/bin:$PATH; gl-setup -q /home/git/gitlab.pub"
+
+sudo chmod -R g+rwX /home/git/repositories/
+sudo chown -R git:git /home/git/repositories/
+
+sudo -u gitlab -H git clone git@localhost:gitolite-admin.git /tmp/gitolite-admin
+rm -rf /tmp/gitolite-admin