From: fedzor <fedzor@...>
Date: 2008-07-08T22:43:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Q: Remote installer


On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:41 AM, G. Ralph Kuntz, MD, MS wrote:

> I am looking for a "remote installer" for ruby for Windows. I need to
> install ruby on about 150 machines over ssh connections and do not
> want to use a GUI installer like the one-click installer, because it
> will take me days to finish and will add an extra human step for each
> new machine I deploy.
>
> I tried using the binary zip files, both for 1.8.6 (ruby-1.8.6-i386-
> mswin32.zip) and 1.8.7, but I get errors about zlib.dll when I try to
> install rubygems.

Those errors are because you don't have all the files you need for  
zlib. I'm not sure what's required for windows, but on *nix boxes,  
you need the header files for zlib (by building from source). Try  
install zlib from source first, and then do ruby (to make sure that  
ext/zlib gets compiled) and THEN do rubygems.



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