Erik Veenstra wrote:
> What's the output of this?:
> 
>  $ find `ruby -r rbconfig -e 'puts Config::CONFIG["archdir"]'` | grep
> -wie zlib

I think you've put your finger on the problem. The above command has no 
output. Looking closer, I see that ruby is apparently looking for 
zlib.so under    /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux.

The library is actually under /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux/zlib.so (as 
placed by my distribution). This, of course, brings up the question of 
how to correct this. I need to either (a) Tell ruby where the libraries 
are, (b) Move the libraries to where ruby thinks they are, or (c) 
Recompile ruby to be in /usr/bin - which is where the distribution put 
it. To me, (c) looks the least error prone - but I'm sure willing to 
listen to other suggestions. Almost everyone here knows more about ruby 
than I do.

Thanks - and all help is appreciated
---Michael

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