+++
date = "2010-03-25"
title = "Installing the Nokogiri ruby gem on Debian"
tags = ["Linux", "Ruby", "debian", "rubygems", "nokogiri", "gems"]
slug = "installing-the-nokogiri-ruby-gem-on-debian"
+++
To install Nokogiri on a Debian system you need some system packages in place. This snippet will get you going quickly.
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First, install the necessary debian packages if you don't have them already:

``` shell
apt-get install build-essential libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev
```

Then you can install nokogiri without any problem with `gem install nokogiri`