extract.log

[2010-07-07 07:30:41] tar zxf /home/vadmin/.rvm/archives/zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz -C /home/vadmin/.rvm/src

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
[2010-07-07 07:31:09] tar zxf /home/vadmin/.rvm/archives/zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz -C /home/vadmin/.rvm/src

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

gistfile2.txt

vadmin@ubuntu:~$ rvm package install zlib

info: Fetching zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz to /home/vadmin/.rvm/archives
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  531k  100  531k    0     0   234k      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--  297k

info: Extracting zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz to /home/vadmin/.rvm/src

error: Error running 'tar zxf /home/vadmin/.rvm/archives/zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz -C /home/vadmin/.rvm/src', please check /home/vadmin/.rvm/log/zlib/extract*.log

info: Configuring zlib in /home/vadmin/.rvm/src/zlib-1.2.5.

info: Compiling zlib in /home/vadmin/.rvm/src/zlib-1.2.5.

info: Installing zlib to /home/vadmin/.rvm/usr

gistfile3.txt

vadmin@ubuntu:~$ rvm notes


Notes for Linux ( DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS" )

    *  curl is required.

    *  patch is required (for ree, some ruby head's).

    *  If you wish to install rbx and/or any MRI head (eg. 1.9.2-head) then you must install and use rvm 1.8.7 first.

    *  For JRuby (if you wish to use it) you will need:
       $ aptitude install curl sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk
    *  For MRI & ree (if you wish to use it) you will need (depending on what you are installing):
       $ aptitude install build-essential bison openssl libreadline5 libreadline-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev vim libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libreadline5-dev libreadline6-dev libxml2-dev git-core subversion autoconf
    *  For IronRuby (if you wish to use it) you will need:
       $ aptitude install curl mono-2.0-devel
vadmin@ubuntu:~$ which patch
/usr/bin/patch
vadmin@ubuntu:~$ which curl
/usr/bin/curl

solution

vadmin@ubuntu:~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.8.7-p299/ext/zlib$ ruby extconf.rb 
checking for deflateReset() in -lz... yes
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking for kind of operating system... Unix
creating Makefile
vadmin@ubuntu:~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.8.7-p299/ext/zlib$ make
gcc -shared -o zlib.so zlib.o -L. -L/home/vadmin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p299/lib -Wl,-R/home/vadmin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p299/lib -L.  -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic    -Wl,-R -Wl,/home/vadmin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p299/lib -L/home/vadmin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p299/lib -lruby -lz  -lrt -ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc
vadmin@ubuntu:~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.8.7-p299/ext/zlib$ make install
/usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 zlib.so /home/vadmin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p299/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-linux