From: Cam Date: 2006-08-16T06:38:06+09:00 Subject: Re: compile of Ruby fails on Ubuntu Hey, > The ruby has been installed now using apt-get, but similar issue is > there running ruby setup.rb in rubygems source code as I mention above. If i understand you correctly, you have installed the ubuntu packages of ruby? In that case, the errors you are getting from setup.rb indicate that it is trying to use the stuff that you compiled yourself in /usr/local/lib/ ... maybe you should delete that stuff and try again. cam