"rvm install ree" fails on ubuntu: how to get openssl and zlib dev pass?

Question

I want to install Ruby Entreprise Edition via rvm on Ubuntu. I run the following:

$ rvm install ree --with-readline-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr --with-iconv-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr --with-zlib-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr --with-openssl-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr 

However, it does not work with the following error:

 Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition from source to: /home/ubuntu/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2011.03 ree-1.8.7-2011.03 - #fetching (ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.03) ree-1.8.7-2011.03 - #extracting ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.03 to /home/ubuntu/.rvm/src/ree-1.8.7-2011.03 ree-1.8.7-2011.03 - #installing ERROR: Error running './installer -a /home/ubuntu/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2011.03 --dont-install-useful-gems ', please read /home/ubuntu/.rvm/log/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/install.log ERROR: There has been an error while trying to run the ree installer. Halting the installation. 

The file / home / ubuntu / .rvm / log / ree-1.8.7-2011.03 / install.log says the following:

  * C compiler... found at /usr/bin/gcc * C++ compiler... found at /usr/bin/g++ * The 'make' tool... found at /usr/bin/make * The 'patch' tool... found at /usr/bin/patch * Zlib development headers... found * OpenSSL development headers... not found * GNU Readline development headers... not found Some required software is not installed. But don't worry, this installer will tell you how to install them. Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl-C to abort. -------------------------------------------- Installation instructions for required software * To install OpenSSL development headers: Please download it from http://www.openssl.org/ * To install GNU Readline development headers: Please download it from http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html 

However, I have openssl, readline and zlib-devel installed both as an rvm package and via apt-get on the system.

 $ rvm package install ree_dependencies 

Please, help!

Answer 1

If you are using rvm version 1.9.0,

$ rvm package sets ree_dependencies ERROR: unrecognized command line argument: "package" (see "Using rvm")

Using

$ rvm pkg install ree_dependencies

will work

Answer 2

It may vary slightly depending on which version of Ubuntu you download, but apt-get install libssl-dev libreadline-dev should install these headers.

Answer 3

Actually the problem was that I was under "rvm jruby-1.6.2" when starting the installation. It looks like when you are under jruby, some scripts are messed up. So this is my solution:

 rvm use system rvm package install ree_dependencies rvm install ree --with-readline-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr \ --with-iconv-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr \ --with-zlib-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr \ --with-openssl-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr