From: Fred Obermann Date: 2009-02-19T14:56:09+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:22245] [Bug #1176] uninitialized constant Zlib::FFI after fresh ruby compilation Bug #1176: uninitialized constant Zlib::FFI after fresh ruby compilation http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1176 Author: Fred Obermann Status: Open, Priority: Normal Category: core, Target version: 1.9.1 ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i686-linux] I just installed 1.9.1 onto Mandriva 2009 (Linux version 2.6.27.10-desktop-1mnb (qateam@titan.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.3.2 (GCC) )) zlib is installed on the machine, details as follows: Version: 1.2.3-12mdv2009.0 Currently installed version: 1.2.3-12mdv2009.0 Also installed is: zlib1-devel - Header files and libraries for developing apps which will use zlib��� ��� Version: 1.2.3-12mdv2009.0 Currently installed version: 1.2.3-12mdv2009.0 Group: Development/C Architecture: i586 Files: ���/usr/include/zconf.h ���/usr/include/zlib.h ���/usr/lib/dietlibc/lib-i386/libz.a ���/usr/lib/libz.a ���/usr/lib/libz.so ���/usr/share/doc/zlib1-devel ���/usr/share/doc/zlib1-devel/ChangeLog ���/usr/share/doc/zlib1-devel/README ���/usr/share/doc/zlib1-devel/algorithm.txt ���/usr/share/man/man3/zlib.3.lzma Ran ./configure Ran make Ran make install Ran make clean Ran ./configure Ran make Ran make install Ran gem install rails --source http://gems.rubyonrails.org And this is what I got: ERROR: While executing gem ... (NameError) uninitialized constant Zlib::FFI ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org