Error Installing Rails

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Hi, I'm receiving the following error message using

BEGIN ERROR:

host_name:~/src conradwt$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies Password: ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)     Connection refused - connect(2)

END ERROR:

BEGIN MORE INFO:

host_name:~/src conradwt$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies --backtrace Password: ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)     Connection refused - connect(2) /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:562:in `initialize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:562:in `connect' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:48:in `timeout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:562:in `connect' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:555:in `do_start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:544:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1031:in `request' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:800:in `head' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:118:in `read_size' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:106:in `get_size' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:54:in `size' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/incremental_fetcher.rb:60:in `remote_size' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/incremental_fetcher.rb:33:in `source_index' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:365:in `source_index' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:482:in `fetch_source' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:473:in `source_index_hash' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:472:in `source_index_hash' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:436:in `install' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:258:in `execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:220:in `execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:69:in `invoke' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:117:in `process_args' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:88:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:29:in `run' /usr/local/bin/gem:23

END MORE INFO:

BTW, I'm trying to install on a MBP. Well, I must go and I appreciate any assistance that I may receive.

Thanks in advance,

-Conrad

2

Looks like a network connection problem.

3

Hi, I was able to complete all the previous steps which involved using the network. Now, I'm totally stopped in my tracks.

-Conrad

4

Frederick Cheung wrote:

Forgot to say, you can use one of the various rubyforge mirrors, eg gem install rails --source http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/ gems.rubyforge.org/

Thanks for that... it fixed my problems.

I'm surprised they don't have an automated mirror system, like some of the other package systems do. Works well to get a static list of mirrors from a reliable web host, and then work down that list until you find one that's up.

Smackfu