From: jim@...
Date: 2004-10-14T00:38:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Gems Install Problem

* Richard Kilmer <rich@infoether.com> [2004-10-14 00:26:05 +0900]:

> Do a:
> 
> gem list
> 

This is a fresh install mind you (which is questionable since it had
errors at the end)

    > gem list

    *** LOCAL GEMS ***


> And ensure that the sources gem is present is present.

I don't know what this sources gem is. Was that supposed
to be part of the install?

> Likely you need to sudo to install rails though...
> 
> sudo gem install -r rails
> 

We'll get to this later, but this system does not have sudo
and I don't have access to root, that is why I did the local
ruby install.

Other data that may help in the debug:


    > which ruby
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/bin/ruby
    > ruby -v
    ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i686-linux]
    > which gem
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/bin/gem
    > gem -v
    0.8.1
    > gem list

    *** LOCAL GEMS ***
    > gem install rubyonrails
    Attempting local installation of 'rubyonrails'
    Local gem file not found: rubyonrails*.gem
    Attempting remote installation of 'rubyonrails'
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:116:in `activate':
    (Gem::LoadError)
    Could not find RubyGem sources (> 0.0.0)
            from /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:34:in
    `require_gem'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:71:in
    `get_cache_sources'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:43:in
    `install'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:156:in
    `execute'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:49:in
    `invoke'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:90:in
    `process_args'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:63:in
    `run'
            from
    /disk2/jfn/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:9:in `run'
            from /disk2/jfn/usr/local/bin/gem:11

-- 
Jim Freeze