Frederick Cheung wrote: > Christopher Adams wrote: >> The result is this: >> >> >> I understood that zlib was built into Ruby 1.8.7. Apparently not. So, I > It is in that it is in the core ruby repository. It isn't in that the > packages distributions like centos or debian create often carve ruby > up into ruby itself and separate out bits of ruby that depend on other > libraries (like zlib, openssl, readline etc...) > >> Instlling ruby-zlib >> >> checking for deflateReset() in -lz... no >> checking for deflateReset() in -llibz... no >> checking for deflateReset() in -lzlib... no >> *** extconf.rb failed *** >> Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of >> necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more >> details. You may need configuration options. > > The ruby-zlib library didn't get installed as you might have guessed. > While you almost certainly have the zlib libraries on your system, you > may not have the associated headers etc... a lot of distros have a > separate zlib-dev package or something along those lines. Get that, > install ruby-zlib and you should be on your way (you might have to > repeat the process with readline and/or openssl. > > Fred
Fred, Thank you for your reply. That is just what the doctor ordered. I am moving foreard again. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
