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I solve this problem every time I install rails on Dapper. This is the last time I google this.

# Install mysql
sudo apt-get install mysql-server

# Install build tools
sudo apt-get install build-essential

# Install readline
sudo apt-get install libreadline5 libreadline5-dev

# Install the openssl dev libs
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

# and make sure you get the mysql client libs
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev

# Install zlib from source
wget http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
tar xzf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.2.3/
 ./configure --prefix=/usr
make && sudo make install

# Install Ruby 1.8.6 from source
wget wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6-p111.tar.gz
tar xzf ruby-1.8.6-p111.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.8.6-p111/
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

# Install ruby-zlib
wget http://www.blue.sky.or.jp/atelier/ruby/ruby-zlib-0.6.0.tar.gz
tar xzf ruby-zlib-0.6.0.tar.gz
cd ruby-zlib-0.6.0/
ruby extconf.rb
make && sudo make install

# then gems and rails
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/29548/rubygems-1.0.1.tgz
tar xzf rubygems-1.0.1.tgz
cd rubygems-1.0.1/
sudo ruby setup.rb
sudo gem install rails
sudo gem install mysql
sudo gem install mongrel mongrel_cluster