After installing rvm, updating .gmrc file, updating rubygems and running gem install rails -v \">=3.1.0rc\", I now seem to have a complete mess:
gem install rails -v \">=3.1.0rc\"
remove ruby first then
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5 libreadline5-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev
to install all needed lib then you could install ruby and rails
rvm install 1.9.3 rvm --default use 1.9.3 rvm gem install rails