gem update --system not updating....

Yes, I'm a nubie. Trying to learn ruby and rails and have a very frustrating problem.

Running Ubuntu 8.0.4 $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [x86_64-linux] $ gem -v 1.2.0 $ rails -v Rails 2.3.2

I create a dir called tickets, traverse to that dir and run the following command: $ ruby scripts/server Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 (you have 1.2.0). Please `gem update --system` and try again.

OK, so I run the gem update command as instructed... $ gem update --system Updating RubyGems Nothing to update $ So what is the problem. How can a I force this thing to update to gems 1.3.1?

Hep much appreciated

There was a bug in rubygems 1.2 & 1.1 that meant it was unable to self update in some cases. See http://blog.segment7.net/articles/2008/11/13/rubygems-1-3-1

Fred