Previously, an entry was written on how to Install Capistrano 3, on Debian. Here is an alternate, quicker way, of installing Capistrano using RVM, on any flavour of Linux – authored by Omar Tamer.

This tutorial requires curl, and root level privileges.

First stage is to install the ruby version manager, RVM:

Step 1: Download and execute the install script:

curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash

Step 2: Follow instructions on screen, to add the RVM script to your bash profile, and enable RVM script functions.

Second stage, is to install ruby and Capistrano:

Step 1: Invoke the RVM install script, for ruby-2.1.2:

rvm install ruby-2.1.2

Step 2: Create a gemset for Capistrano 3:

rvm use ruby-2.1.2@cap3  --create

Step 3: Install Capistrano 3, using gem:

gem install capistrano

Step 4: Test Capistrano:

cap -v