Ubuntu rails install fails on zlib

Question

I\'ve just moved over to Ubuntu 8.10 as my dev box; it\'s my first serious foray into Linux as a daily-use OS, and I\'m having a hard time getting Rails going. I have follo

Answer 1

I really didn't like any of these answers ... none really focused on the users actual needs and question ... just people telling what they did ... no context and it didn't even work for me ...

So, ..

I'm installing a new box Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 64-bit ...

So, I ...

cd ~  
wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org//pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar.gz  
tar -xvvf ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar.gz  
cd ruby-*  
./configure  
make  
install  
sudo make install  

And then I have this problem with ...

gem list

it doesn't work ... something about zLib not found crap ...

So, I actually READ the README and find that I need to edit a file ...

[my ruby source directory]/ext/Setup

and UN-COMMENT the line with zLib in it ... by removing the "#" in the first column

Then I run the commands again ... included here for reference ...

./configure
make  
install  
sudo make install  

and all is well ... it's logical ... and is devoid of "rvm" and other ... "just install more stuff to make it work" type solutions.

Joet