# Re: compiling ruby on linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-compiling-ruby-on-linux/87434 "2007-03-02T16:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samantha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Samantha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Samantha)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-compiling-ruby-on-linux/87434/1 "2007-03-02T16:40:37Z")
On Thursday 01 March 2007 11:10:10 pm Ken B. wrote: > > > Also the up-arrow key is not working in irb > > > about Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, so all you need to do is apt- > > > get install whatever you want. LOL, for one, no I don’t know the first thing about Ubuntu, however, I _DO_ know how to use rpmfind to get more info on zlib… I’ve done that even for my Gentoo stuff, which, as I’m sure you know, uses the emerge portage system… I’ll get an error that a library is missing, I’ll search (yes, even on rpmfind), find out what contains the library and then emerge it in if need be… I am one of those quirky types that researches the errors I get from whatever source I can. Meaning, I’ve had issues on my Gentoo box where I’ve Googled and found solutions on other distro forums. Same for when I’ve used RedHat, Fedora, and Mandrake. Call it analytical skills if you will. 🙂 – Samantha [http://www.babygeek.org/](http://www.babygeek.org/) “Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson * * * – Samantha [http://www.babygeek.org/](http://www.babygeek.org/) “Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson ---
**Author:** ![Samantha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Samantha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Samantha)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-compiling-ruby-on-linux/87434/2 "2007-03-03T12:45:36Z")
On 3/2/07, Samantha [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I am one of those quirky types that researches the errors I get from whatever > source I can. Meaning, I’ve had issues on my Gentoo box where I’ve Googled > and found solutions on other distro forums. Same for when I’ve used RedHat, > Fedora, and Mandrake. Call it analytical skills if you will. 🙂 Are you sure that you have the right to be intelligent? Is it written in the constitution? Well I am just asking for you, it does not concern me for obvious reasons 😉 Robert