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Alex Nedelcu

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Aug 22, 2005, 4:11:32 AM8/22/05
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Hi,

I have a problem with RubyGems. It doesn't matter what I try to install
with, it freezez.

Particulary I tried to execute:
gem install rails --include-dependencies

but the command freezez at the following message:
"Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org"

I think there is an internet connection problem. I disabled any
firewalls that were runing, but still the command freezez and there is
absolutelly no internet activity coming from it.

I am running Ruby 1.8.2 and RubyGems 0.8.10 on WinXP Home Edition.

Please help,
Thank you

Anatol Pomozov

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Aug 22, 2005, 4:54:44 AM8/22/05
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Hi.

I have absolutely the same problem (on WinXP). Gem process freezes and
downloads something from internet. And it is drive my crazy. So now I
download gems from rubyforge.net side by hands :(

I will be thankful to everyone who tell me how to solve this problem.


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anatol


Anatol Pomozov

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Aug 22, 2005, 5:09:53 AM8/22/05
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Sorry I have misunderstood you a little.

You have said that gem have no internet activity.
In my case gem download something from gems.rubyforge.org with a very
slow speed. It is definitely not a network lags. I tried to wait for
completion of 'gem install rails' but after 30 minutes of running I
have no results, just "Updating Gem source index for:
http://gems.rubyforge.org" (for this time gem downloads ~4Megs)

Whats wrong here?


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anatol


Alex Nedelcu

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Aug 22, 2005, 5:40:10 AM8/22/05
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No, I think it is the same problem.

Well, when I install some new gem I don't mind downloading it manually,
but the command "gem update" it is really usefull and it sucks that it
doesn't work.

Alexandru Popescu

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Aug 22, 2005, 5:52:49 AM8/22/05
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#: Alex Nedelcu changed the world a bit at a time by saying on 8/22/2005 11:41 AM :#

Are you 2 behind a proxy? (I had the same problem while trying to do gem install -remote in my co
which is behind a proxy). I don't know why this is the reason, just a wild guess.

:alex |.::the_mindstorm::.|


Lothar Scholz

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Aug 22, 2005, 6:03:52 AM8/22/05
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Hello Anatol,

AP> Hi.

AP> I have absolutely the same problem (on WinXP). Gem process freezes and
AP> downloads something from internet. And it is drive my crazy. So now I
AP> download gems from rubyforge.net side by hands :(

>> I am running Ruby 1.8.2 and RubyGems 0.8.10 on WinXP Home Edition.

Sorry 0.8.10 was absolute crap. An index update could download upto 80 MB from a
complete bandwidth overloaded website. Upgrade to the new RubyGems
version, which is a little bit better, but it still has a problem with
the update speed.

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Alex Nedelcu

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Aug 22, 2005, 7:17:22 AM8/22/05
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Thank you but that wasn't it.

I upgraded to 0.8.11 and nothing happened.

But I found the problem (I am posting it for others to see it):

I used ZoneAlarm as my firewall and even though I stopped it before I
executed gems apparently it still had been running some process in
background preventing gems from executing. So I had to uninstall
ZoneAlarm in order for gems to work.

Since ZoneAlarm is a popular firewall, maybe this behaviour should be
documented on the RubyGems website, no ?

Amit Rao

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Aug 24, 2005, 5:48:31 PM8/24/05
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Alex,
This could be a problem because of 3rd party winsock components
installed on your machine.This is possible if you use some kind of VPN
software.

I was facing the same problem and one of the messages on this list
went into details.
Search for "RubyGems or any HTTP on XP NOT working" on ruby-talk...

I uninstalled the component and now I dont face any problems..

hope this helps

Thanks,
Amit

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