can't install rails. gem zlib crc error

hi all

i'm trying to install ruby on rails on my debian server. i didn't use apt-get. i installed everything from source. i used this tutorial (without PD-Admin): http://railswiki.de/Ruby_on_Rails_auf_einem_Debian_Server_installieren

now i can't install rails over gem, i'm getting this zlib crc error:

root@co2:~# gem install rails --include-dependencies --verbose -- backtrace INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: While executing gem ... (Zlib::GzipFile::CRCError)     invalid compressed data -- crc error   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:508:in `close'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:508:in `initialize'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:445:in `each_entry'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:439:in `loop'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:439:in `each_entry'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:424:in `each'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:485:in `initialize'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:582:in `new'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:582:in `open_from_io'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:802:in `open_from_io'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:69:in `from_io'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:52:in `from_file_by_path'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 104:in `find_gems_with_sources'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 103:in `each'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 103:in `find_gems_with_sources'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 196:in `gather_dependencies'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 195:in `each'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 195:in `gather_dependencies'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb: 91:in `initialize'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/ install_command.rb:69:in `new'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/ install_command.rb:69:in `execute'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/ install_command.rb:67:in `each'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/ install_command.rb:67:in `execute'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:136:in `invoke'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:104:in `process_args'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:74:in `run'   /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:39:in `run'   /usr/local/bin/gem:22

somebody any idea, what the problem is?

thanks in advance!

Hi

yes, you have to install the ruby1.8-dev package from apt-get. this problems are because of mixing apt-get with rails 2.0...