From: Joe Cheng <code@...>
Date: 2005-07-30T14:35:27+09:00
Subject: Re: zlib error while installing gems on Linux

>  Install zlib-devel by running:
>  yum install zlib-devel
>  or
>  up2date zlib-devel
>  Then run
>  ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install
>  on Ruby 1.8.2 again. Should work fine.

Woohoo!  That worked, once I cleared the stuff out of /usr/local that
resulted from my first attempt at installing Ruby.

Thanks a lot!