$ wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz

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Connecting to ftp.ruby-lang.org|221.186.184.68|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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2012-03-21 13:52:53 (2.85 MB/s) - `ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz' saved [54691840]

[tom.vanlooy@itr232l ~/Desktop]
$ file ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz 
ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz: POSIX tar archive (GNU)

doc/installation.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The installation consists of 6 steps:
 # 2. Install ruby
 
     wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz
-    tar xfvz ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz
+    tar xfv ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz
     cd ruby-1.9.2-p290
     ./configure
     make