Re: Install rubygems error

> 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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