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

The problem is that Ruby on Ubuntu isn't built against zlib; you'll want to do a source build to install Ruby. You can do this with apt-get source -b ruby