SQLite3-Ruby Gem Version Issues on Red Hat Linux and CentOS

So you are attempting to follow earlier instructions on installing SQLite3 to use with Ruby on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (aka RHEL) or CentOS 5 and you get the following error: gem install sqlite3-ruby ERROR:  Error installing sqlite3-ruby: sqlite3-ruby requires Ruby version > 1.8.5 Don’t worry, you are not alone.  What has happened is that …