Forum: Ruby on Rails can't install rails - gem is asking for a zlib

Hey all, this is my first attempt with rails....

This what is happening:

me@mypc:~$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [i686-linux]
me@mypc:~$ gem -v
1.3.7

so, ok let's install rails:

me@mypc:~$ gem install rails
ERROR:  Loading command: install (LoadError)
    no such file to load -- zlib
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NameError)
    uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand

:(

I've searched in google, forums, etc..  but I couldn't find a good
answer for my problem, so I'm here.

Thanks in advance for your time.
cheers!

check if exist the file zlib.dll in ruby's bin folder.

2010/9/1 Juan Costa <lists@ruby-forum.com>

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Hugo Roque wrote:
> check if exist the file zlib.dll in ruby's bin folder.
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Hi Hugo, thanks for your answer, but I'm using Ubuntu, so I don't have 
dll's.
Thanks anyway.

Ah, Ubuntu, cool ;)

than try:
*sudo** gem install rails*
+your password

I saw you tried on Ruby 1.9 If you are new, I think the best is the 
default,
easiest way. First try it from Synaptic, and with the latest stable
versions, but as you wish.

I had plenty of problems installing Rails on Ubuntu, so if you still 
cannot
install it well, please let me know, or also you can find me in private.
good luck,
gezope

2010/9/1 Juan Costa <lists@ruby-forum.com>

Zoltan Gero wrote:
> Ah, Ubuntu, cool ;)
> 
> than try:
> *sudo** gem install rails*
> +your password
> 
> I saw you tried on Ruby 1.9 If you are new, I think the best is the 
> default,
> easiest way. First try it from Synaptic, and with the latest stable
> versions, but as you wish.
> 
> I had plenty of problems installing Rails on Ubuntu, so if you still 
> cannot
> install it well, please let me know, or also you can find me in private.
> good luck,
> gezope
> 
> 2010/9/1 Juan Costa <lists@ruby-forum.com>

hey gezope! I could solve my problem!
my mistake was don't make a "clean compilation" after install the zlib 
library.
So thanks for your quick answer anyway, I'm on rails now :)

On Sep 1, 3:23 pm, Juan Costa <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
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> Hi Hugo, thanks for your answer, but I'm using Ubuntu, so I don't have
> dll's.

That probably means you don't have the zlib package installed. Make
sure you install the dev headers.

Then go back to where you built Ruby, cd to ext/zlib, and run "ruby
extconf.rb; make; sudo make install".

If you're using the Debian package for Ruby, I think the zlib library
was broken out into its own package that you'll need to install.

Regards,

Dan

Congratulations! Excellent :) If you have any further question, just ask 
it,
all the bests,
gezope

2010/9/2 Juan Costa <lists@ruby-forum.com>

Hey guys, I'm having this same zlib problem on gems. See my output below
for what I have installed, and the error I get when I try and run any
gem commands. Also as you can see I have zlib[devel] installed. Some one
mentioned something about the headers being installed with zlib??? I'm
not sure I know what that means...could someone enlighten me? Any help
appreciated...thanx!


[root@dhcp226-12 ruby-1.9.2-p136]# ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2p136 (2010-12-25 revision 30365) [i686-linux]
[root@dhcp226-12 ruby-1.9.2-p136]# gem -v
1.3.7
[root@dhcp226-12 ruby-1.9.2-p136]# rails -v
Rails 2.3.5
[root@dhcp226-12 ruby-1.9.2-p136]# gem install rails
ERROR:  Loading command: install (LoadError)
    no such file to load -- zlib
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NameError)
    uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand
[root@dhcp226-12 ruby-1.9.2-p136]# yum install zlib zlib-devel
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Package zlib-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686 already installed and latest version
Package zlib-devel-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686 already installed and latest
version
Nothing to do



Zoltan Gero wrote in post #937552:
> ! Excellent :) If you have any further question, just ask
> it,
> all the bests,
> gezope
>
> 2010/9/2 Juan Costa <lists@ruby-forum.com>

On 28 December 2010 01:20, Mark L. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, I'm having this same zlib problem on gems. See my output below
> for what I have installed, and the error I get when I try and run any
> gem commands. Also as you can see I have zlib[devel] installed. Some one
> mentioned something about the headers being installed with zlib??? I'm
> not sure I know what that means...could someone enlighten me? Any help
> appreciated...thanx!

On Ubuntu 10.04 I install zlib1g and zlib1g-dev.

Colin

...hey Colin, thanx for the reply. Yes, I have zlib and zlib-devl 
installed.

Colin Law wrote in post #971034:
> On 28 December 2010 01:20, Mark L. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> Hey guys, I'm having this same zlib problem on gems. See my output below
>> for what I have installed, and the error I get when I try and run any
>> gem commands. Also as you can see I have zlib[devel] installed. Some one
>> mentioned something about the headers being installed with zlib??? I'm
>> not sure I know what that means...could someone enlighten me? Any help
>> appreciated...thanx!
>
> On Ubuntu 10.04 I install zlib1g and zlib1g-dev.
>
> Colin

On 28 December 2010 12:55, Mark L. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> ...hey Colin, thanx for the reply. Yes, I have zlib and zlib-devl
> installed.

Yes, I knew that.  I was making the point that on Ubuntu it is zlib1
and zlib1g-dev in case it is relevant.  I realise that it may not be
relevant on your OS.

Colin

Hi, not sure if I got it well:
so you do have Ruby1.9, Gem1.3.7 but only Rails version 2.3.5, now you
want to update, right? On Ubuntu try this:
"gem update rails"
If you have permission problems then "sudo gem update rails" except if
you have RVM installed, then don't use sudo when installing gem.
Then make a cleanup "gem cleanup"
Troubleshhot: "rails -v" should be 3<

Someone told me he only could solve his Zlib problem with RVM, because
it has a package for it:
http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/packages/zlib/
I really recommend to use RVM, because you can prevent later problems
also.
Let me know if you have further problems, good luck,
Zoli

...hey Z, thanx for the reply. 'gem cleanup' does work, but when I try 
'gem install rails' I get the zlib error below. I can't seem to install 
any gems due to the zlib problem. I looked into rvm, but I can't see to 
get that installed. I am using Fedora, so I used yum to install rvm, but 
can't seem to get that working either. rvm doesn't seem to be in my 
path, and I can find an executable for it in the .rvm folder. I'm going 
to continue working on this, and will post back when I finally figure it 
out. Thanx!

[root@dhcp226-12 .rvm]# gem update rails
ERROR:  Loading command: update (LoadError)
    no such file to load -- zlib
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NameError)
    uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UpdateCommand


Zoltan Gero wrote in post #971212:
> Hi, not sure if I got it well:
> so you do have Ruby1.9, Gem1.3.7 but only Rails version 2.3.5, now you
> want to update, right? On Ubuntu try this:
> "gem update rails"
> If you have permission problems then "sudo gem update rails" except if
> you have RVM installed, then don't use sudo when installing gem.
> Then make a cleanup "gem cleanup"
> Troubleshhot: "rails -v" should be 3<
>
> Someone told me he only could solve his Zlib problem with RVM, because
> it has a package for it:
> http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/packages/zlib/
> I really recommend to use RVM, because you can prevent later problems
> also.
> Let me know if you have further problems, good luck,
> Zoli

On 29 December 2010 13:40, Mark L. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> ...hey Z, thanx for the reply. 'gem cleanup' does work, but when I try
> 'gem install rails' I get the zlib error below. I can't seem to install
> any gems due to the zlib problem. I looked into rvm, but I can't see to
> get that installed. I am using Fedora, so I used yum to install rvm, but
> can't seem to get that working either. rvm doesn't seem to be in my
> path, and I can find an executable for it in the .rvm folder. I'm going
> to continue working on this, and will post back when I finally figure it
> out. Thanx!

Did you make the changes to .bashrc (or whatever the equivalent in
Fedora) as described on the website after installing rvm?  Until you
do that rvm is not available.

Colin

I did make the changes in .bashrc, I think maybe those instructions are 
not applicable to fedora. For instance after installing I don't have a 
/usr/local/rvm folder.

On 29 December 2010 14:00, Mark L. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> I did make the changes in .bashrc, I think maybe those instructions are
> not applicable to fedora. For instance after installing I don't have a
> /usr/local/rvm folder.

I don't know whether this might help -
http://fedoraphprails.blogspot.com/2010/07/installing-and-setting-up-rails-3-on.html

Colin

Hey Colin...thanx so much..that worked! Its a little unsatisfiying 
through, because I'm not sure exactly what part of that tutorial fixed 
the gem install. At any rate thanx so much for the link.