Issue installing a gem from local disk. zlib error message received

Hello all,

I have a server which is not allowed on the web and where I want to
install
a gem, rubywmq-1.1.1.gem to be specific.
So I downloaded the gem via the gem fetch command and I put it on
/tmp.
I am trying to install it but I keep getting the following error:

===> /tmp

gem install rubywmq-1.1.1.gem

ERROR: Loading command: install (LoadError)
no such file to load – zlib
ERROR: While executing gem … (NameError)
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand

I have the following:

ruby -v

ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [powerpc-aix5.3.0.0]
===> /tmp

gem -v

1.8.5

Any suggestions?

Thank you

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Ruby S.
[email protected]wrote:

no such file to load – zlib

Any suggestions?

Thank you

Ruby S.

If you’re using RVM, there is a section about zlib
https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/packages/zlib/

No, I am not using rvm.

Ruby S. wrote in post #1012952:

Hello all,

I have a server which is not allowed on the web and where I want to
install
a gem, rubywmq-1.1.1.gem to be specific.
So I downloaded the gem via the gem fetch command and I put it on
/tmp.
I am trying to install it but I keep getting the following error:

===> /tmp

gem install rubywmq-1.1.1.gem

ERROR: Loading command: install (LoadError)
no such file to load – zlib
ERROR: While executing gem … (NameError)
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand

I have the following:

ruby -v

ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [powerpc-aix5.3.0.0]

RubyGems requires zlib to install a gem.

A gem is a tar package gzip’ed, and because of that, it requires zlib.

Please install zlib headers and libs and rebuild Ruby so the zlib
extension is properly build.


Luis L.