# Installing RubyGems 0.9.4 on Solaris 2.6

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**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rubygems-0-9-4-on-solaris-2-6/107323 "2007-06-20T14:53:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonymous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anonymous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anonymous)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rubygems-0-9-4-on-solaris-2-6/107323/1 "2007-06-20T14:53:30Z")

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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone can assist here -

Have installed Ruby 1.8.6 on Solaris 2.6 (Sparc), and that seemed to  
install ok. I then went to install RubyGems 0.9.4 (as the good book  
suggests) and found that I encounter an error partway through the  
installation (executed ‘ruby setup.rb’ at the location of where I  
extracted the RubyGem tarfile).

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…  
install uninstall\_command.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/  
rubygems/commands  
install unpack\_command.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/  
commands  
install update\_command.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/  
commands  
\<— lib/rubygems/commands  
—\> lib/rubygems/digest  
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest  
install digest\_adapter.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/  
digest  
install md5.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest  
install sha1.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest  
install sha2.rb /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest  
\<— lib/rubygems/digest  
\<— lib/rubygems  
\<— lib  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/sparc-solaris2.6/thread.so: ld.so.1: ruby:  
fatal: libgcc\_s.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory - /usr/  
local/lib/ruby/1.8/sparc-solaris2.6/thread.so (LoadError)  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:5  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:85:in  
`require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:85 from /dsk1/rubygems-0.9.4/./post-install.rb:81:in`require’  
from /dsk1/rubygems-0.9.4/./post-install.rb:81:in  
`install_sources' from /dsk1/rubygems-0.9.4/./post-install.rb:116:in`run\_hook’  
from setup.rb:1526:in `exec_task_traverse' from setup.rb:1342:in`exec\_install’  
from setup.rb:1000:in `exec_install' from setup.rb:814:in`invoke’  
from setup.rb:773:in `invoke’  
from setup.rb:1578

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I’m not sure what I’m missing here as the three files (thread.so,  
ld.so.1 and libgcc\_s.so.1) are all in the PATH, and can be seen???

Thanks in advance.

Brad

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**Author:** ![anonymous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anonymous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anonymous)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rubygems-0-9-4-on-solaris-2-6/107323/2 "2007-06-20T16:36:52Z")

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Problem solved.