From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2008-01-24T23:45:22+09:00
Subject: Re: gem on windows fails with 1.9.0



On Jan 24, 7:40 am, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 ene, 02:48, Munagala Ramanath <amberar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [Note:  parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
>
> > After installing 1.9.0-0 binaries fromhttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
> > on Windows, gem (i.e. gem list) fails with a popup diagnostic saying "The
> > application
> > failed to start because zlib.dll was not found."
>
> The message is clear: you lack zlib.dll file to use RubyGems
> (actually, the zlib extension is the one uss it).
>
> > Any help on where to get this dll and where to put it is appreciated.
>
> Try looking athttp://www.zlib.net/download the windows pre-compiled
> binaries, rename the zlib1.dll and put it there.

All the more reason we need a pure Ruby version of Zlib. :)

Regards,

Dan