I'm scratching my head on this error since similar errors refer to instances of compiling libcurl from source; however, I am just simply trying to get a former rails project running on my Ubuntu 12.04.
Exception Trace from Running Rails Application Server
/var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/ffi-1.1.1/lib/ffi/library.rb:121:in `block in ffi_lib': Could not open library 'libcurl': libcurl: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. (LoadError)
Could not open library 'libcurl.so': libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/ffi-1.1.1/lib/ffi/library.rb:88:in `map'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/ffi-1.1.1/lib/ffi/library.rb:88:in `ffi_lib'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/typhoeus-0.4.2/lib/typhoeus/curl.rb:405:in `<module:Curl>'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/typhoeus-0.4.2/lib/typhoeus/curl.rb:6:in `<module:Typhoeus>'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/typhoeus-0.4.2/lib/typhoeus/curl.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `block in require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `block in load_dependency'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:640:in `new_constants_in'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load_dependency'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/typhoeus-0.4.2/lib/typhoeus.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `block in require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `block in load_dependency'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:640:in `new_constants_in'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load_dependency'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/panda-1.5.0/lib/panda/adapters/faraday.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `block in require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `block in load_dependency'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:640:in `new_constants_in'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load_dependency'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/panda-1.5.0/lib/panda.rb:19:in `<top (required)>'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `block (2 levels) in require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in `each'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in `block in require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.2.1/lib/bundler.rb:128:in `require'
Any help or commentary is appreciated.