Problems installing gsl gem

Question

I can succesfully install the gsl library in my home directory, but when I try to install the gsl gem I get a big list of errors that I do not understand. I am wondering if

Answer 1

Install ruby GSL:

Ubuntu 11.10 includes a newer version (1.15) of libgsl0 that is not compatible with ruby/gsl :

Must install older version 1.14 for ruby/gsl to work:

curl -O http://mirror.veriportal.com/gnu/gsl/gsl-1.14.tar.gz
tar xvzf gsl-1.14.tar.gz
cd gsl-1.14
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo gem install --conservative --no-ri --no-rdoc gsl

Installation works OK and test on Ubuntu and Debian Squeeze:

Fetching: narray-0.6.0.1.gem (100%)
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Fetching: gsl-1.14.7.gem (100%)
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Successfully installed narray-0.6.0.1
Successfully installed gsl-1.14.7
2 gems installed