From: "Rob ." <rob.02004@...>
Date: 2004-11-10T12:55:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Error installing rubygems 0.8.1 with ruby 1.8.2

> RubyGems requires that zlib is installed.

Austin, your hunch was right, zlib was not installed on my machine.

What do I need to do to get zlib installed when compiling and
installing ruby 1.8.2preview3 on GNU/Linux?

When executing 'make install' for ruby <snippet>:
  installing zlib
  make[1]: Entering directory `/home/a/apps/versions/ruby/1.8.2p3/ext/zlib'
  make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
  make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/a/apps/versions/ruby/1.8.2p3/ext/zlib'

I have tried changing the ext/Setup file in several ways, including
commenting and uncommenting 'option nodynamic' and the 'zlib' line.
I'm using:
  gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-9ubuntu5)
  GNU Make 3.80

Cheers,
Rob