I''ve downloaded the latest version of Ruby from their website and installed it using all of defaults (I didn''t change any install options). I was following along in a tutorial (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html) and it said that to install Rails, I needed to type "gem install rails --remote". So I typed it. And it froze at the part where it said it was "Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org". It stood there for 30 minutes doing nothing past that point. I''ve tried everything I can think of to get it to work, but to no avail. Yes, I have proxies setup on both FF & IE for my work network, but both are disabled right now as I''m at my house. I don''t have ZoneAlarm, nor am I running the XP Firewall. I''ve uninstalled VMWare (which had created two "virtual" networking devices) just in case, and even restarted the machine, uninstalled Ruby, re-installed it, and tried again, but still to no avail. If I cannot get Ruby to install Rails using the gem package manager, is there any way I can install Rails manually? I''d really like to be able to learn RoR but if this is my main development machine and I can''t get RoR on it then it''ll be a lot harder. I''ve installed PHP, Apache, MySQL, Perl, etc. all without problems on this same WinXP SP1 machine, but RoR just isn''t working. Does anyone have any suggestions to offer me? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 11/19/05, Logan Kriete <logankriete-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''ve downloaded the latest version of Ruby from their website and > installed it using all of defaults (I didn''t change any install > options). I was following along in a tutorial > (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html) and it said > that to install Rails, I needed to type "gem install rails --remote". So > I typed it. And it froze at the part where it said it was "Updating Gem > source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org". It stood there for 30 > minutes doing nothing past that point. I''ve tried everything I can think > of to get it to work, but to no avail. Yes, I have proxies setup on both > FF & IE for my work network, but both are disabled right now as I''m at > my house. I don''t have ZoneAlarm, nor am I running the XP Firewall. I''ve > uninstalled VMWare (which had created two "virtual" networking devices) > just in case, and even restarted the machine, uninstalled Ruby, > re-installed it, and tried again, but still to no avail. If I cannot get > Ruby to install Rails using the gem package manager, is there any way I > can install Rails manually? I''d really like to be able to learn RoR but > if this is my main development machine and I can''t get RoR on it then > it''ll be a lot harder. I''ve installed PHP, Apache, MySQL, Perl, etc. all > without problems on this same WinXP SP1 machine, but RoR just isn''t > working. Does anyone have any suggestions to offer me?Perhaps this will work for you: http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl> -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
I have found this to be a huge issue that they are currently working on. Rails is just too popular, and the Gem servers are taking a penalty. What I have done is setup in my .gemrc file which allows you to reference a new gem mirror. /root/.gemrc gem: --source http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/gems.rubyforge.org Now whenever I try to install a new gem they come up lightning quick. I now realize you are on windows though, so I am unsure how you can do this indefinately, but you can pass that --source parameter mentioned above to the gem command and utilize it each time. Warmest regards, Nathan. -------------------------------------------------------------- Nathaniel S. H. Brown Toll Free 1.877.4.INIMIT Inimit Innovations Phone 604.724.6624 www.inimit.com Fax 604.444.9942> -----Original Message----- > From: rails-bounces-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > [mailto:rails-bounces-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Logan Kriete > Sent: November 19, 2005 11:17 AM > To: rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > Subject: [Rails] Installing rails @ WinXP SP1 issue > > I''ve downloaded the latest version of Ruby from their website > and installed it using all of defaults (I didn''t change any > install options). I was following along in a tutorial > (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html) > and it said that to install Rails, I needed to type "gem > install rails --remote". So I typed it. And it froze at the > part where it said it was "Updating Gem source index for: > http://gems.rubyforge.org". It stood there for 30 minutes > doing nothing past that point. I''ve tried everything I can > think of to get it to work, but to no avail. Yes, I have > proxies setup on both FF & IE for my work network, but both > are disabled right now as I''m at my house. I don''t have > ZoneAlarm, nor am I running the XP Firewall. I''ve uninstalled > VMWare (which had created two "virtual" networking devices) > just in case, and even restarted the machine, uninstalled > Ruby, re-installed it, and tried again, but still to no > avail. If I cannot get Ruby to install Rails using the gem > package manager, is there any way I can install Rails > manually? I''d really like to be able to learn RoR but if this > is my main development machine and I can''t get RoR on it then > it''ll be a lot harder. I''ve installed PHP, Apache, MySQL, > Perl, etc. all without problems on this same WinXP SP1 > machine, but RoR just isn''t working. Does anyone have any > suggestions to offer me? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
@nathan That makes sense; however, that other server is still extremely slow and doesn''t seem to be doing much on my end. However, I was able to visit that server in FF and download the "rails-0.14.3.gem" file. Is there any way now, that I have it downloaded, to have gem install from this local file? If so, how and where do I put the file? @bill Thanks for the program but I''ve already got Apache and MySQL installed and configured on my machine, plus I''d like to learn how to configure ruby + rails with Apache myself. But, if there''s any way to extract the ruby installation with rails bundled in from that program, I''ll take that and replace my current ruby installation with it. Thanks for all your help so far!! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 14:10 -0800, Nathaniel S. H. Brown wrote:> I have found this to be a huge issue that they are currently working on. > Rails is just too popular, and the Gem servers are taking a penalty. > > What I have done is setup in my .gemrc file which allows you to reference a > new gem mirror. > > /root/.gemrc > gem: --source http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/gems.rubyforge.org > > Now whenever I try to install a new gem they come up lightning quick.The problem with this approach is that currently this particular Gem mirror is not being updated - we''re migrating over to a new mirror setup, and folks are bringing their machines over as they get a chance. So more recent gems may not be there. If you just hit gems.rubyforge.org, you''ll be redirected to a mirror which is as up to date as we can manage - i.e., usually no more than 45 minutes or so behind the latest releases. Also, it could lead to loading one particular mirror more than the others, which is kind of a bummer if the person hosting the mirror has a bandwidth cap. Still, I sympathize with not being able to always get to the main gem repository... not a good situation. Hopefully more mirrors will be brought online soon and the situation will improve... Yours, Tom
Just an update...I''m still having this problem with both the main repository and the mirror, and I''ve even tried it from another network different than my house''s...I''ve browsed the mirror using Firefox and I can download the file "rails-xxxxx.gem"; is there any way I can install it from locally now? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
gem install railsxxxx.gem gem will understand that. On 12/5/05, Logan Kriete <logankriete-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Just an update...I''m still having this problem with both the main > repository and the mirror, and I''ve even tried it from another network > different than my house''s...I''ve browsed the mirror using Firefox and I > can download the file "rails-xxxxx.gem"; is there any way I can install > it from locally now? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- ------------------------------ Joyeux Noël ------------------------------ Peter Fitzgibbons _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Logan Kriete wrote:> Just an update...I''m still having this problem with both the main > repository and the mirror, and I''ve even tried it from another network > different than my house''s...I''ve browsed the mirror using Firefox and I > can download the file "rails-xxxxx.gem"; is there any way I can install > it from locally now? >I have a clean WinXP SP2 machine that I can install Ruby and Rails on - I''ll check that it works and email you the full details, if that would help. I have installed and updated Ruby and Rails on a variety of Windows machines, some behind an HTTP proxy and some not. There have been occasions when things just hung (with virtually no network traffic) when updating the index of gems, but this has not been a persistent problem (I might have given up on one occasion, then succeeded the next day). Anyway, I need to get Ruby and Rails set up on this machine, so I''ll see if it is working for me today. regards Justin
Justin Forder wrote:> I have a clean WinXP SP2 machine that I can install Ruby and Rails on - > I''ll check that it works and email you the full details, if that would > help.The short version: no problems with installing Ruby and Gems with the Windows one-click installer. It then took a couple of minutes to bring rubygems up to date (to 0.8.11 from 0.8.10) using gem update --system (this included updating the Gem source index for http://gems.rubyforge.org) Then installing rails using gem install rails --include-dependencies took about three minutes. The download and install was really fast; most of the time was taken in RDoc generation. The long version: I''ll email notes including all the commands and terminal output (and how to do the same behind an HTTP proxy) to you in a minute or two. regards Justin
Thanks again for the info - I finally got it working with the help of everyone here. Now I''ve got my Ruby on Rails! :-) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Logan Kriete wrote:> Thanks again for the info - I finally got it working with the help of > everyone here. Now I''ve got my Ruby on Rails! :-)Hello, how did you get to fix it? I ran the above commands, I also ran gem install rails --include-dependencies, but with no luck, the system hangs... I''m stuck in this particular step: Open a command window and run the command gem install rails --remote. Here''s the tutorial I''m following: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html Thanks, Charles. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.