Re: Install rubygems error

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?