Rvm notes

Getting prepared

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential zlib1g zlib1g-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev locate git-core libssl-dev openssl autoconf subversion bison
sudo apt-get -y install curl wget

For Ubuntu, use rvm package to download and complie zlib

rvm package install zlib
rvm remove 1.8.7
rvm install 1.8.7 -C --with-zlib-dir=$rvm_path/usr

Before installing any versions of ruby using rvm

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition

Error running './installer -a /home/username/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.01  --dont-install-useful-gems ', please check /home/username/.rvm/log/ree-1.8.7-2010.01/install*.log
There has been an error while trying to run the ree installer. Aborting the installation.

# Need to install the following library first
sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev
rvm install ree