Install rubygems error

[Stuart Batty]

I made the mistake of trying to upgrade to 1.8.4 from 1.8.2 and had intended to upgrade to rails 1.1. I have now completely borked my ruby gems installation. After installing ruby I get the following error when trying to execute gem:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:9
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/builder.rb:1
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:61:in `manage_gems'
        from /usr/local/bin/gem:4
So I decided to re-install rubygems. When trying to run setup.rb I get:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:9
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/builder.rb:1
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:61:in `manage_gems'
        from /home/stuart/rubygems-0.8.11/./post-install.rb:64:in `install_sources'
        from /home/stuart/rubygems-0.8.11/./post-install.rb:75:in `try_run_hook'        from setup.rb:577:in `run_hook'
        from setup.rb:1315:in `exec_task_traverse'
        from setup.rb:1168:in `exec_install'
        from setup.rb:887:in `exec_install'
        from setup.rb:705:in `invoke'
        from setup.rb:674:in `invoke'
        from setup.rb:1352
The "/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)" entry seems to be trying to "require__ path" at line 21 of custom_require.rb line 21.

Can anyone help me get my rails back? I swear I'll never try to upgrade again..:-)

[Chad Fowler]

On 3/31/06, Stuart Batty <stuart.batty@...> wrote:
>
> I made the mistake of trying to upgrade to 1.8.4 from 1.8.2 and had intended
> to upgrade to rails 1.1. I have now completely borked my ruby gems
> installation. After installing ruby I get the following error when trying to
> execute gem:
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
> Can anyone help me get my rails back? I swear I'll never try to upgrade
> again..:-)

You don't appear to have ruby's zlib module installed.  You can find
out by doing:

$ irb
rirb(main):001:0> require 'zlib'
=> true

You will probably see an error instead of "true".  Did you install
Ruby from source?

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[Craig White-6]

On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 17:39 -0700, Chad Fowler wrote:

> On 3/31/06, Stuart Batty <stuart.batty@...> wrote:
> >
> > I made the mistake of trying to upgrade to 1.8.4 from 1.8.2 and had intended
> > to upgrade to rails 1.1. I have now completely borked my ruby gems
> > installation. After installing ruby I get the following error when trying to
> > execute gem:
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> > `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
> > Can anyone help me get my rails back? I swear I'll never try to upgrade
> > again..:-)
>
> You don't appear to have ruby's zlib module installed.  You can find
> out by doing:
>
> $ irb
> rirb(main):001:0> require 'zlib'
> => true
>
> You will probably see an error instead of "true".  Did you install
> Ruby from source?

----
Chad - your presence on the list usually signifies another update to
Recipes...is that forthcoming RSN?

I haven't updated my pdf from the last update and I was kind of waiting
for the next update because I am rapidly approaching the moment where I
will have time and my understanding of rails has improved to the point
that I might be able to better grok the things in your book.

Craig

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[Scott Mathieson-2]

not sure what OS you're on but make sure you have installed the zlib-devel in
addition to zlib package if it's appropriate for you - i had this exact issue
a while back

may have to reinstall gems too, i can't remember sorry


On Friday 31 March 2006 21:57, Stuart Batty wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying to upgrade to 1.8.4 from 1.8.2 and had
> intended to upgrade to rails 1.1. I have now completely borked my ruby gems
> installation. After installing ruby I get the following error when trying
> to execute gem:
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:9 from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/builder.rb:1 from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:61:in
> `manage_gems'
>         from /usr/local/bin/gem:4
> So I decided to re-install rubygems. When trying to run setup.rb I get:
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:9 from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/builder.rb:1 from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:61:in
> `manage_gems'
>         from /home/stuart/rubygems-0.8.11/./post-install.rb:64:in
> `install_sources'
>         from /home/stuart/rubygems-0.8.11/./post-install.rb:75:in
> `try_run_hook'        from setup.rb:577:in `run_hook'
>         from setup.rb:1315:in `exec_task_traverse'
>         from setup.rb:1168:in `exec_install'
>         from setup.rb:887:in `exec_install'
>         from setup.rb:705:in `invoke'
>         from setup.rb:674:in `invoke'
>         from setup.rb:1352
> The "/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
> `require__': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)" entry seems to be
> trying to "require__ path" at line 21 of custom_require.rb line 21.
>
> Can anyone help me get my rails back? I swear I'll never try to upgrade
> again..:-)
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[Stuart Batty]

Chad,
Thank you for the information. Yes, I did install ruby from source (v1.8.4) on Ubuntu 5.10. You are correct about zlib. I got the following message:
stuart@kubuntu:~$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'zlib'
LoadError: no such file to load -- zlib
        from (irb):1:in `require'
        from (irb):1
irb(main):002:0> exit

Zlib was installed at one time but it is now either among the absentees or somehow munged beyond repair. I'll reinstall zlib and see where that gets me.

I can't believe I actually got help from Chad Fowler....how cool is that?

[Patrick Hurley-2]

On 4/1/06, Stuart Batty <stuart.batty@...> wrote:

>
> Chad,
> Thank you for the information. Yes, I did install ruby from source (v1.8.4)
> on Ubuntu 5.10. You are correct about zlib. I got the following message:
> stuart@kubuntu:~$ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'zlib'
> LoadError: no such file to load -- zlib
>         from (irb):1:in `require'
>         from (irb):1
> irb(main):002:0> exit
>
> Zlib was installed at one time but it is now either among the absentees or
> somehow munged beyond repair. I'll reinstall zlib and see where that gets
> me.
>
> I can't believe I actually got help from Chad Fowler....how cool is that?
>
> --
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FYI If you were missing zlib, you are likely missing readline dev
stuff as well -- this will be an issue if you like to use console/irb.
I went through similar issues on ubuntu after upgrading ruby.

pth
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[Stuart Batty]

Thanks Scott and Patrick as well. I re-installed zlib and zlib-devel and re-compiled ruby and I was able to setup rubygems. Thanks again.

Patrick, can you explain a little more about the readline dev stuff? What packages do I need for Ubuntu? Should I install the readline dev stuff and then re-compile ruby again so it will "pick up" the readline dev libs?