From: Michael Madrid Date: 2008-12-18T07:52:05+09:00 Subject: zlib.so (LoadError) I'm getting the error below when trying to install ruby gems on Windows Vista. My Ruby version is 1.8.7 and gems 1.3.1. I installed Ruby from the zip file ruby-1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip and gems by running ruby setup.rb. The zlib.so file is in the directory so I don't know why it can't find it. Help appreciated. programs/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/zlib.so: 126: The specified module could not be found. - c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/zlib.so (LoadError) from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:10 from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:9 from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:11 from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:3 from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:4 from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:140:in `load_and_instantiate' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:65:in `[]' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:118:in `find_command' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:104:in `process_args' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:75:in `run' from c:/programs/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:39:in `run' from c:/programs/ruby/bin/gem:24 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.