From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2007-03-06T22:37:04+09:00
Subject: Re: rbconfig (LoadError)

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:30:05PM +0900, chris wrote:
> On Mar 6, 2:05 am, Brian Candler <B.Cand...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:30:20PM +0900, chris wrote:
> > > I am trying to install ruby on ubuntu Edgy, but this is the error that
> > > I am getting.
> > ..
> > > chris@chris-laptop:~/Desktop/rubygems-0.9.2/rubygems-0.9.0$ sudo ruby
> > > setup.rb
> > > setup.rb:52:in `require': no such file to load -- rbconfig (LoadError)
> > > from setup.rb:52
> >
> > I don't think you're trying to install Ruby - I think you're trying to
> > install rubygems.
> >
> > Assuming you installed ruby as the ubuntu package, then the bit you're
> > missing can be installed using
> >
> >    apt-get install ruby1.8-dev
> >
> > B.
> 
> Ooops my mistake, it is rubygems that I am installing, but I have
> previoulsy re-installed ruby as you mentioned and I am still getting
> the same error.

Yes, but make sure you have "ruby1.8-dev" (note the -dev) and "libruby1.8"
installed.

On my system:

$ dpkg-query -S /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux/rbconfig.rb
libruby1.8: /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux/rbconfig.rb

You probably also want packages "ruby1.8-examples", "irb1.8", "rdoc1.8" and
"ri1.8"

Brian.