Trying to get Mongrel installed

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Hi all -

I am trying to get Mongrel installed on an old box but am having troubles. The box is running Ubuntu and I have installed the latest ruby, rails, and gems as far as I can tell. This is what I am getting:

mongrel1@mongrel1:~$ sudo gem install mongrel /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- zlib (LoadError)         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in `require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:9         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in `require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/builder.rb:7         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in `require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:93:in `manage_gems'         from /usr/local/bin/gem:10 mongrel1@mongrel1:~$

Any ideas? Any help greatly appreciated.

-Adam

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It looks like you might be missing one or more of the following packages, installable with "sudo apt-get install (package name)":

  build-essential   libzlib-ruby   zlib1g   zlib1g-dev

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see:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2196&group_id=126&atid=576