Can't seem to install Rails

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Hi

I was using Instant Rails but it wasn't working for me so I decided to install Ruby the old fashion way. Everything was going fine until I tried to install Rails. I just keep getting this error "ERROR: could not find rails locally or in a repository."

I saw another thread here discussing this problem and I tried all the suggested solutions from that thread and got no where. I'm a total newbie and I need some help.

Thanks.

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What is your operating system?

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Try this:

gem sources -r http://gems.rubyforge.org

then

gem env

http://gems.rubyforge.org should now be a remote source and you should be able to install rails just fine.

daBigNY wrote:

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hi john-

i am having the same problem, but your fix does not seem to work - I keep getting:

ERROR: could not find RAILS locally or in a repository

any other suggestions?

thanks!

jeff

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hi john-

i am having the same problem, but your fix does not seem to work - I keep getting:

ERROR: could not find RAILS locally or in a repository

gem sources -r removes a gem source, so unlikely to help If you run gem sources it should tell you what sources are available. if http://gems.rubyforge.org isn't there, you can add it with gem sources -a http://gems.rubyforge.org

You might find that gem sources -c (which clears out the sources cache) followed by re-adding http://gems.rubyforge.org might help.

Fred

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Hi Fred-

Thanks for the quick response!

...but I'm still getting the same error after clearing the cache.

any other thoughts?

thanks

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also:

Home-iMac:bin jeff$ gem sources -a http://gems.rubyforce.org ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteSourceException)     HTTP Response 403 fetching http://gems.rubyforce.org/yaml

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also:

Home-iMac:bin jeff$ gem sources -a http://gems.rubyforce.org ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteSourceException)    HTTP Response 403 fetching http://gems.rubyforce.org/yaml

It probably doesn't help that you've typoed the url (rubyforge)

Fred

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I'm having a similar problem. I can see the gem rails locally, but when I try to install or update to a newer version (I'm updating from 1.2.6), it gives me the error that it can't find it locally. Everything I look for (rails, ruby, etc.) returns the right answer, yet I can't update.

Any ideas?

(I've tried supplying the --source, clearing the cache, as well as running the Hivelogic installation)

Machine info: Mac OS X v. 10.5.3, Rails v. 1.2.6, Ruby v. 1.8.6, gem v. 1.2.0

Michael

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I'm having a similar problem. I can see the gem rails locally, but when I try to install or update to a newer version (I'm updating from 1.2.6), it gives me the error that it can't find it locally. Everything I look for (rails, ruby, etc.) returns the right answer, yet I can't update.

Any ideas?

(I've tried supplying the --source, clearing the cache, as well as running the Hivelogic installation)

Machine info: Mac OS X v. 10.5.3, Rails v. 1.2.6, Ruby v. 1.8.6, gem v. 1.2.0

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Gladly. Here's what I tried today (after many failed attempts yesterday):

sudo gem update rails --source http://gems.rubyforge.org Password: Updating installed gems ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)     Operation timed out - connect(2) (Errno::ETIMEDOUT)   fetching size (RubyGems.org | your community gem host)

gem install rails ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository

sudo gem install rails --source http://gems.rubyforge.org Password: Sorry, try again. Password: ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository

earlier I ran this:

gem sources -c *** Removed specs cache *** *** Removed user source cache *** *** Removed latest user source cache *** *** Removed system source cache *** *** Removed latest system source cache ***

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Thanks but you're right.

I had a question for you guys, I can see rails being fast for back end
but what about styling and astetics? UI?

Giovanni •••••••••••••••••

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Gladly. Here's what I tried today (after many failed attempts yesterday):

sudo gem update rails --source http://gems.rubyforge.org Password: Updating installed gems ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)     Operation timed out - connect(2) (Errno::ETIMEDOUT)   fetching size (RubyGems.org | your community gem host)

gem install rails ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository

sudo gem install rails --source http://gems.rubyforge.org Password: Sorry, try again. Password: ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository

earlier I ran this:

gem sources -c *** Removed specs cache *** *** Removed user source cache *** *** Removed latest user source cache *** *** Removed system source cache *** *** Removed latest system source cache ***

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Thanks but you're right.

I had a question for you guys, I can see rails being fast for back end
but what about styling and astetics? UI?

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I have been including source to try to avoid any issues with our firewall

But here's the result: sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository

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I have been including source to try to avoid any issues with our firewall

But here's the result: sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository

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Thanks, Craig, I'm trying that now. In the meanwhile I'll tell you that I did this yesterday: http_proxy=http://<proxyserver:port>;export http_proxy

This was an attempt to get around the firewall.

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Here are the results: gem list --remote

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)     Operation timed out - connect(2) (Errno::ETIMEDOUT)   fetching size (RubyGems.org | your community gem host) s889212:~ mtowns$ gem environment RubyGems Environment:   - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0   - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [universal- darwin9.0]   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8   - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby   - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin   - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:     - ruby     - universal-darwin-9   - GEM PATHS:      - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8      - /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/gems/1.8   - GEM CONFIGURATION:      - :update_sources => true      - :verbose => true      - :benchmark => false      - :backtrace => false      - :bulk_threshold => 1000   - REMOTE SOURCES:      - http://gems.rubyforge.org/

In my untrained eye, the environment looks good. ???

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Thanks, Craig, I'm trying that now. In the meanwhile I'll tell you that I did this yesterday: http_proxy=http://<proxyserver:port>;export http_proxy

This was an attempt to get around the firewall.

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Here's the result of the first part:

INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list Successfully installed rake-0.8.1 Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed rails-2.1.0 7 gems installed Installing ri documentation for rake-0.8.1... Installing ri documentation for activesupport-2.1.0... Installing ri documentation for activerecord-2.1.0... Installing ri documentation for actionpack-2.1.0... Installing ri documentation for actionmailer-2.1.0... Installing ri documentation for activeresource-2.1.0... Installing RDoc documentation for rake-0.8.1... Installing RDoc documentation for activesupport-2.1.0... Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-2.1.0... Installing RDoc documentation for actionpack-2.1.0... Installing RDoc documentation for actionmailer-2.1.0... Installing RDoc documentation for activeresource-2.1.0...

And then: export HTTP_PROXY=http://<proxyserver:port>

And finally: sudo gem install rails Password: ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository