Installing Rails in RoR

I'm trying to install RoR on Windows XP x32

I've tried different variations of installing Rails such as

I’m trying to install RoR on Windows XP x32

I’ve tried different variations of installing Rails such as


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://rubygems.org/ does not appear to be a repository

ERROR: could not find a valid gem ‘rails’ ()=0) in any repository

gem install rails

ERROR: http://rubygems.org/ does not appear to be a repository

ERROR: could not find a valid gem ‘rails’ ()=0) in any repository

gem install rails -v=2.3.5

ERROR: http://rubygems.org/ does not appear to be a repository

ERROR: could not find a valid gem ‘rails’ (=2.3.5) in any repository

The versions I have installed are:


gem -v

1.3.7

ruby -v

ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]

I’ve tried updating the system and I got errors


gem update --system

Updating RubyGems

ERROR: http://rubygems.org/ does not appear to be a repository

ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetecher::FetchError)

 Erron::ETIMEOUT: A connection attempt failed because the

connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or

established connection failed because connected host has failed to

respond. - connect(2) (http://rubygems.org/yaml)

Help please!

Have you checked your network connection? Maybe you need to connect the internet via proxy?

How would I do that?

Success, it was merely my server blocking gem. Thanks for the help!

anon_comp wrote in post #913092:

Success, it was merely my server blocking gem. Thanks for the help!

@anon_comp: How did you solved it? Pls give detailed steps. Thanks in advance.

anon_comp wrote in post #913092:

Success, it was merely my server blocking gem. Thanks for the help!

@anon_comp: How did you solve it? Pls give detailed steps. Thanks in advance.