From: "miles.sterrett@..." Date: 2008-07-13T08:20:44+09:00 Subject: Re: Can't install gems after a new ubuntu install On Jul 12, 3:07 pm, Max Williams wrote: > All fixed now, thanks again for all your help. > > Have a nice weekend :) > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. As a note, for those that may come across this thread in the future... 'sudo apt-get install build-essential' ... likely would have helped. It is a meta-package that installs gcc, g++, make, and libc6-dev. MilesZS