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First, I want to stress that Octopress is a blogging framework for hackers. You should be comfortable running shell commands and familiar with the basics of Git. If that sounds daunting, Octopress probably isn't for you.
Before You Begin
You'll need to install Git and set up your Ruby environment. Octopress requires Ruby 1.9.3 which you can easily install with rbenv or RVM. You can't use both rbenv and RVM on the same system, as they are competing Ruby environment managers, so choose one.
Using rbenv
If you don't have rbenv, Install rbenv and install ruby-build, then install Ruby 1.9.3.
rbenv install 1.9.3-p0
Using RVM
If you don't have RVM, Install RVM and then install Ruby 1.9.3.
rvm install 1.9.3 && rvm use 1.9.3
Setup Octopress
git clone git://github.com/imathis/octopress.git octopress
cd octopress # If you use RVM, You'll be asked if you trust the .rvmrc file (say yes).
ruby --version # Should report Ruby 1.9.3
If ruby --version doesn't say you're using Ruby 1.9.3, you may want to revisit your RVM installation.
Next, install dependencies.
gem install bundler
rbenv rehash # If you use rbenv, rehash to be able to run the bundle command
bundle install
Install the default Octopress theme.
rake install