Ruby + Gems Force Install on Suse Enterprise Linux

# install GNU compiler (and required glibc libraries)

yast -i gcc

# install / overwrite system libraries

rpm -iv --force ./files/openssl-0.9.8e-22.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
rpm -iv --force ./files/gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm

rpm -ivh --force ./files/zlib-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh ./files/zlib-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm

rpm -ivh ./files/db4-4.3.29-10.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh ./files/libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1.x86_64.rpm

# install ruby

cd ./files
tar -zxvf ruby-1.8.7-p357.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.8.7-p357
make clean
./configure
make
make install
cd ../..

# install ruby-libs

rpm -ivh ./files/ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el5.x86_64.rpm

# install ruby-devel

rpm -ivh ./files/ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el5.x86_64.rpm

# install rubygems

cd ./files
tar -zxvf rubygems-1.5.2.tgz
cd rubygems-1.5.2
ruby setup.rb
cd ../..


# install gems

gem install ./files/rbx-require-relative-0.0.9.gem
gem install ./files/linecache-0.46.gem
gem install ./files/columnize-0.3.6.gem
gem install ./files/rake-0.8.7.gem
gem install ./files/ruby-debug-base-0.10.4.gem
gem install ./files/ruby-debug-0.10.4.gem