Rails - Jun 2006 - newbie trying to install

Hello, I''m new to ruby and rails and am simply trying to install.  I 
have a Windows XP machine and have installed ruby on c:ruby along with 
gem.  I have also downloaded the rails-1.1.2.gem file but when I run

  gem install rails --include-dependencies

,I get the following:

  Attempting local installation of ''rails''
  ERROR:  Error installing gem rails[.gem]: rails requires activesupport 
= 1.3.1

Where do I find activesupport?  How can I check which version I have? 
How do I upgrade or downgrade it?

Thanks,

Kim

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Kim Filiatrault wrote:
> Hello, I''m new to ruby and rails and am simply trying to install. 
I
> have a Windows XP machine and have installed ruby on c:ruby along with 
> gem.  I have also downloaded the rails-1.1.2.gem file but when I run
...
> Where do I find activesupport?  How can I check which version I have? 
> How do I upgrade or downgrade it?
Is there a reason you''re trying a local install rather than directly 
over the net ?

If it''s a proxy issue, set the environment variable HTTP_PROXY and gem 
install will work.

You can check what version of what gems you have installed by using
''gem
list''.  Rails has a few dependencies and downloading them all will be a
pain, so doing an online install will be easier.

A.


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Thanks for the information but it still doesn''t work.
> Is there a reason you''re trying a local install rather than
directly
> over the net ?
When I try to do the update over the net, it just hangs (over 4 hours). 
I get the following information:

Attempting local installation of ''rails''
Local gem file not found: rails*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ''rails''

> If it''s a proxy issue, set the environment variable HTTP_PROXY and
gem
> install will work.
I''m sure its not a proxy issue since I can do all other types of
updates
over the internet, such as Eclipse plug-ins.  I have also disabled Zone 
Alarm while trying to do the update.  But can I look somewhere to 
confirm this?
> You can check what version of what gems you have installed by using
''gem
> list''.  Rails has a few dependencies and downloading them all will
be a
> pain, so doing an online install will be easier.
I have the following gems installed but is there some way to find the 
version of activesupport?  If I do have to manually download everything 
to get the install to work, thats ok.  The pain would be bearable as 
long as I can get Rails working

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

fxri (0.3.3)
    Graphical interface to the RI documentation, with search engine.

fxruby (1.4.6, 1.2.6)
    FXRuby is the Ruby binding to the FOX GUI toolkit.

rake (0.7.1)
    Ruby based make-like utility.

sources (0.0.1)
    This package provides download sources for remote gem installation


Thanks again A.

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