After successfully compiling 1.9.1 and updating the gem environment on my vbox, I performed the following: sudo gem install capistrano rails test-unit rspec-rails rake-compiler sqlite3-ruby hectoregm-mysql-ruby gem_plugin 1) cd /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/ext/http11 2) sudo vi / mate on http11.c and: replace line 77 with for(ch = RSTRING_PTR(f), end = ch + RSTRING_LEN(f); ch < end; ch++) { replace line 172 with colon = strchr(RSTRING_PTR(temp), '':''); replace line 174 with rb_hash_aset(req, global_server_name, rb_str_substr(temp, 0, colon - RSTRING_PTR(temp))); replce line 176,177 rb_str_substr(temp, colon - RSTRING_PTR(temp)+1, RSTRING_LEN(temp))); replace lines 298 299 dptr = RSTRING_PTR(data); dlen = RSTRING_LEN(data); 3) save the file, close the vi / textmate 4) sudo ruby extconf.rb && sudo make && sudo make install 5) cd ../../lib/mongrel (or the full path "/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel" 6) mate / sudo vi handlers.rb 7) fix the case statements in On lines 208-212, change instances of ": false" to "then false" 8) sudo gem install gem_plugin (else mongrel may hang) done! This gives me: Capistrano rails 2.3.2 rake-compiler gem_plugin mysql 2.8 sqlite3 test-unit Mongrel 1.1.5 .. Are there any other gems I will need to consider on my vbox and/or any gems that might need to be installed on my VPS that aren''t listed here? Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.