Maybe you want to rethink running this on dreamhost, if you're scared
of a command line. Your mac has one too, if you'd like to get familiar with
it locally 
Just curious but how are you going to ever get comfortable with Rails if you never use the command line? rake test, script/console… Seriously, you’re gonna miss out on a lot of awesome tools if you don’t get over the fear of the command line. I hope you take this as encouragement to learn [at least a little] about the command line environment. That’s how I meant it.
RSL