From: Rida Al Barazi <rbarazi@...>
Date: 2006-07-05T17:29:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem installing gem

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On 7/5/06, Alex Gian <alexgian@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi, first post here, hope it's the right forum.
>
> I recently tried to install RoR on two systems, both RedHat9, very
> similar configurations, although the one is a server (hence remote
> installation) the other a  desktop.
>
> On the desktop, the installation was fine, and I got to my test screen
> on port 3000 without problems.
>
> On the server, the system has got stuck on the gem installation, and I
> would like it to get unstuck!  ;)
>
> Here is what ruby setut.rb gives:
>
> =======================================================
> >>> [...snip]
> install timer.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
> install user_interaction.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
> install validator.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
> install version.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
> <--- lib/rubygems
> <--- lib
>
> As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed.
> Searching $LOAD_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a
> while)...
> ...done.
> No library stubs found.
>
> >>> [...normally, at this point it would say OK on a good installation...]
>
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `require'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:9
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `require'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/builder.rb:7
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `require'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:93:in
> `manage_gems'
>         from
> /noncrit/downloads/ruby/rubygems-0.9.0/./post-install.rb:70:in
> `install_sources'
>         from
> /noncrit/downloads/ruby/rubygems-0.9.0/./post-install.rb:81:in
> `try_run_hook'
>         from setup.rb:577:in `run_hook'
>         from setup.rb:1315:in `exec_task_traverse'
>         from setup.rb:1168:in `exec_install'
>         from setup.rb:887:in `exec_install'
>         from setup.rb:705:in `invoke'
>         from setup.rb:674:in `invoke'
>         from setup.rb:1352
>
> =======================================================
>
> Can anyone give any pointers?
> BTW, I also tried getting rubygem-0.9.0, but it gave exactly the same
> problem.
>
> Seems to me it's not finding some file it needs, but I don't understand
> enough to see which one it is (or even IF that's the prob)
>
> Thanks people...
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
Not sure about this but it seems that either it's not able to find your
zlib, or it is not even installed, try to install zlib ruby bindings
(libzlib-ruby), and the zlib library <http://www.zlib.net/> itself.

-- 
Thank you and kind regards
Rida Al Barazi
http://www.ridaalbarazi.com

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