From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2009-01-24T01:24:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Zlib Error in ubuntu while installing new gems

Arunkumar Balu wrote:
> Roger Pack wrote:
>> 
>>> arun@mysystem:~/Desktop$ sudo gem install ip2country-0.0.2.gem
>>> 
>>> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Zlib::GzipFile::Error)
>>>     not in gzip format
>> 
>> did you apt-get install the ruby zlib libs?
> 
> Yes I did, but still it throws the error. If i use rubygems-1.0.1, then 
> i found no problems in installing gems. Its working well with 
> rubygems-1.0.1.

I'd try rebuilding all from scratch, or just stick with gems 1.0.1 :)
There may have been some difficulty from an upgrade from 1.0.1 to 1.3.1 
maybe it kept behind old cached [somehow bad] files?
-=r
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