unable to install nokogiri in ubuntu 12.04

Question

I am trying to setup rails env on my new ubuntu machine. But I am facing trouble while install nokogiri gem.. I have installed libxslt and libxml2 libs thourgh rvm pkg command a

Answer 1

this is what worked for me:

1. install nokogiri's dependencies

   sudo apt-get install libxslt-dev libxml2-dev

2. make sure nokogiri uses the system libraries

   export NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=1

3. install nokogiri with the --verbose option, to get a better understanding of any problems

   gem install --verbose nokogiri