setup.git

Clone and run this on a new EC2 instance running Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS to configure both the machine and your individual development environment as follows:

cd $HOME
sudo apt-get install -y git-core
git clone https://github.com/shkomg/setup.git
./setup/setup.sh   

or for local setup (no phantom js and chromium added)

./setup/setup-local.sh

To create new Meteor JS app do previous + next:

cd $HOME
./setup/newapp.sh appname
cd appname
meteor

check if app is working at http://localhost:3000