Strange Gem Problems

Ruby
1

Hey all,

I’m trying to add to install the program Bangkok as a gem, but every
time I try I get this error.

sudo gem install bangkok
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/package.rb:10:in require': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/package.rb:10:in<top (required)>’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/format.rb:9:in
require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/format.rb:9:in<top
(required)>’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/installer.rb:11:in
require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/installer.rb:11:in<top (required)>’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:3:in
require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:3:in<top (required)>’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:4:in
require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:4:in<top (required)>’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:167:in
require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:167:inrescue in load_and_instantiate’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:159:in
load_and_instantiate' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:88:in[]’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:144:in
find_command' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:131:inprocess_args’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:102:in
run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:58:inrun’
from /usr/local/bin/gem:21:in `’

I’ve tried reinstalling the latest version of Gems, but it didn’t seem
to help. Any ideas? Thanks!

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On Apr 30, 2009, at 17:54 , Timothy Mr. wrote:

Hey all,

I’m trying to add to install the program Bangkok as a gem, but every
time I try I get this error.

sudo gem install bangkok
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/package.rb:10:in
`require’:
no such file to load – zlib (LoadError)

nothing is wrong with your rubygems. you don’t have zlib in your ruby
install.

3

Dang, how can I fix this?

4

On 5/1/09, Timothy S. [email protected] wrote:

Dang, how can I fix this?

It depends on your OS/distribution. On Ubuntu/Debian install the
package zlib1g-dev, (which contains the header files ruby’s zlib
extension needs to build properly) then re-configure, make and make
install your ruby-1.9 which it looks like you installed yourself from
source. Then reinstall rubygems. Other systems will name the package
with zlib header files differently, but otherwise instructions are the
same.