Day: July 3, 2008

Just a short one:

After succeeding in installing ruby gems, i finally was able to install the ruby micro-framework camping.
So ruby should just be used as a small administration web interface. In my eyes a rails aproach seems to be like breaking a fly on the wheel.

Just easy as this:

  root@sunny:~# gem install camping –source http://code.whytheluckystiff.net
    …
    Installing ri documentation for markaby-0.5…
    Installing ri documentation for camping-1.5.180…
    Installing RDoc documentation for activesupport-1.4.2…
    Installing RDoc documentation for builder-2.1.1…
    Installing RDoc documentation for markaby-0.5…
    Installing RDoc documentation for camping-1.5.180…

Smooth and easy. Ready to rumble ;-).

Next in the row is the installation of the ruby gems package.
So it should be easy… just following the instructions.
So…..

root@sunny:~# wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38647/rubygems-1.2.0.zip
root@sunny:~# unzip rubygems-1.2.0.zip
root@sunny:~# cd rubygems-1.2.0
root@sunny:~# ruby setup.rb config
./lib/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:1:in `require’: no such file to load — zlib (LoadError)
from ./lib/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:1
from ./lib/rubygems/source_index.rb:10:in `require’
from ./lib/rubygems/source_index.rb:10
from ./lib/rubygems.rb:767:in `require’
from ./lib/rubygems.rb:767
from setup.rb:22:in `require’
from setup.rb:22

Welcom to error world ;-).
Okay…. should be easy to solve:

root@sunny:~# apt-get install libzlib-ruby zlib1g-dev

or for 64bit Plattforms:

root@sunny:~# apt-get install libzlib-ruby lib64z1-dev

But still the same Error!
Finally i found something in the Weblog of Lucas Chan.
Hm its about readhat/centos…. okay why not.
Just go to the ruby sources:

root@sunny:~# cd /usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.6-p110/
root@sunny:~# cd ext/zlib
root@sunny:~# ruby ruby extconf.rb –with-zlib-include=/usr/include –with-zlib-lib=/usr/lib
checking for deflateReset() in -lz… yes
checking for zlib.h… yes
checking for kind of operating system… Unix
creating Makefile

root@sunny:~# make
root@sunny:~# make install

and finally:

root@sunny:~# cd /usr/local/src/rubygems-1.2.0/
root@sunny:~# ruby setup.rb config
….
== Thanks

Keep those gems coming!

— Jim & Chad & Eric (for the RubyGems team)

Again: something learned!