Hello.
I''m just getting started with RoR, and I''m none too good at
Linux
either. :-)
But anyway, I got ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz and rubygems-0.8.11 and unpacked
them in separate directories under my normal user (jim) home and went
there and did
./configure, then make, then make test (test succeeded), then su - and
make install, and then in the unpacked RubyGems folder, ruby setup.rb,
all with no obvious errors.
Now I go to the RubyGems folder and try to install Rails and I get:
RubyGems/rubygems-0.8.11/bin # gem install rails --include-dependencies
/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 then when I type
rails /home/jim/railsApp1
I get
bash: rails: command not found
Sorry if this is a stupid Linux error on my part, but hey, I gotta start
somewhere, right?
Thanks for any help on Rails _or_ Linux _or_ SuSE 9.3 (which, I
understand, is not just any Linux. :-)
Jim
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It appears you need to install zlib. This is a unix lib, not a ruby one, so you need to install it with your package manager (i think yast on Suse??) not gem. But search the archives for suse + zlib, seems some people have trouble with zlib bindings and have to install it manually. Michael Johnston On 12-Feb-06, at 7:35 AM, Jim Harris wrote:> Hello. > > I''m just getting started with RoR, and I''m none too good at Linux > either. :-) > > But anyway, I got ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz and rubygems-0.8.11 and unpacked > them in separate directories under my normal user (jim) home and went > there and did > > ./configure, then make, then make test (test succeeded), then su - and > make install, and then in the unpacked RubyGems folder, ruby setup.rb, > all with no obvious errors. > > Now I go to the RubyGems folder and try to install Rails and I get: > > RubyGems/rubygems-0.8.11/bin # gem install rails --include- > dependencies > /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 then when I type > > rails /home/jim/railsApp1 > > I get > > bash: rails: command not found > > Sorry if this is a stupid Linux error on my part, but hey, I gotta > start > somewhere, right? > > Thanks for any help on Rails _or_ Linux _or_ SuSE 9.3 (which, I > understand, is not just any Linux. :-) > > Jim > > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Thanks, Michael. I will try this ASAP (probably Wednesday). Another question I should have asked but did not think of soon enough: Where is the detailed, step-by-step "Getting Started" manual for us newbies, to include helpful ways to avoid known problems such as you just pointed out, as well as something like what I described in my original post (he asks hopefully)? Thanks again. Jim -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
OK, I tried to install zlib and my system seems to already have it: jim@QL1:~> su - Password: QL1:~ # apt-get install zlib Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done zlib is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 169 not upgraded. QL1:~ # This is starting to sound like a "path" issue in Windows. Note that I issue the "gem install" command at QL1:/home/jim/source/Ruby_Rails_etc/RubyGems/rubygems-0.8.11/bin # and my Ruby is in QL1:/home/jim/source/Ruby_Rails_etc/ruby-1.8.4 Does this matter? Thanks for any help. Jim -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Also: QL1:/home/jim/source/Ruby_Rails_etc/ruby-1.8.4/ext/zlib # ls . .. .cvsignore Makefile doc extconf.rb mkmf.log zlib.c QL1:/home/jim/source/Ruby_Rails_etc/ruby-1.8.4/ext/zlib # make make: Nothing to be done for `all''. ??? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.