From: Stephen Boesch Date: 2012-03-24T22:02:52+09:00 Subject: Re: rvm / gem install not working (zlib issue) on ubuntu Stephen Boesch wrote in post #1053059: > Hans Mackowiak wrote in post #1053055: >> i think this is your solution: http://beginrescueend.com/packages/zlib/ > > Hi Hans, > I had already gone through that page and the proposed solutions before, > including reinstalling rvm. Unfortunately they do not work. Just to be sure, i have followed those directions for the third time. Still fails. This is extremely frustrating. root@mithril:~# rvm pkg install zlib Fetching zlib-1.2.6.tar.gz to /usr/local/rvm/archives % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 544k 100 544k 0 0 242k 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 315k Extracting zlib-1.2.6.tar.gz to /usr/local/rvm/src Configuring zlib in /usr/local/rvm/src/zlib-1.2.6. Compiling zlib in /usr/local/rvm/src/zlib-1.2.6. Installing zlib to /usr/local/rvm/usr root@mithril:~# rvm reinstall 1.9.3 --with-zlib-dir=$rvm_path/usr Removing /usr/local/rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p125... Removing /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125... Removing default ruby interpreter Removing ruby-1.9.3-p125 aliases... Removing ruby-1.9.3-p125 wrappers... Removing ruby-1.9.3-p125 environments... Removing ruby-1.9.3-p125 binaries... Installing Ruby from source to: /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)... ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #fetching ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #extracting ruby-1.9.3-p125 to /usr/local/rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p125 ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #extracted to /usr/local/rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p125 Applying patch 'xcode-debugopt-fix-r34840' (located at /usr/local/rvm/patches/ruby/1.9.3/p125/xcode-debugopt-fix-r34840.diff) ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #autoreconf ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #configuring ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #compiling ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #installing Retrieving rubygems-1.8.21 % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 250k 100 250k 0 0 325k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 769k Extracting rubygems-1.8.21 ... Removing old Rubygems files... Installing rubygems-1.8.21 for ruby-1.9.3-p125 ... Installation of rubygems completed successfully. ruby-1.9.3-p125 - adjusting #shebangs for (gem irb erb ri rdoc testrb rake). ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #importing default gemsets (/usr/local/rvm/gemsets/) Install of ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #complete root@mithril:~# rvm list rvm rubies ruby-1.9.2-p318 [ x86_64 ] => ruby-1.9.3-p125 [ x86_64 ] # Default ruby not set. Try 'rvm alias create default '. # => - current # =* - current && default # * - default root@mithril:~# rvm alias create default 1.9.3 Creating alias default for ruby-1.9.3-p125. Recording alias default for ruby-1.9.3-p125. Creating default links/files root@mithril:~# gem install redcar ERROR: Loading command: install (LoadError) cannot load such file -- zlib ERROR: While executing gem ... (NameError) uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.