I got around this by re-installing my Ubuntu and then installing the Ruby that comes with the disto, which is labeled as 1.9.1 but actually seems to be 1.9.2 , which is the confusion that actually started me down the whole manual install/setup path....
So, there is definitely an issue (explained in this thread) but I am able to work around it... -jon Jon W. wrote in post #971729: > More clues: > > r...@ubuntu-virtualbox:/home/adminuser/Desktop/rubygems-1.4.0# rvm > package install zlib > Fetching zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz to /usr/local/rvm/archives > Extracting zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz to /usr/local/rvm/src > Configuring zlib in /usr/local/rvm/src/zlib-1.2.5. > Compiling zlib in /usr/local/rvm/src/zlib-1.2.5. > Installing zlib to /usr/local/rvm/usr -- 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.

