cannot load such file — zlib even after using rvm pkg install zlib

Question

I installed zlib package and ruby 1.9.3 using rvm, but whenever I try to install gems it says cannot load such file -- zlib

The commands I used to insta

Answer 1

I ended up installing zlib from apt-get and then reinstalling ruby to not use the rvm directory for zlib.

Here's how do:

$ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
$ rvm reinstall 1.9.3

[Edit] As commenter @chrisfinne mentions, on CentOS/RedHat based systems:

$ sudo yum install zlib-devel
$ rvm reinstall 1.9.3