From: julian <jkbowler@...>
Date: 2006-03-25T21:53:54+09:00
Subject: Re: installing rails

Ok.
I have had a look at the article mentioned above and I  then opened up
my cmd window, and navigated into the ruby bin directory.
I think when i issued the command to install rails I spelt dependencies
with an a after depend
I also notice that in the article it says to type in
gem install rails --include-dependencies
in other words there is a   -    inbetween the word include and
dependencies
Anyway i do not know if it should be:
gem install rails --include dependencies                       or
gem include rails --include-dependencies

Anyway I have tried both and got this message:
Attempting local installation of 'rails'
ERROR:Error installing gem rails[.gem]: No metadata found!

 I assume from this message that the gem program is trying to attempt
to install rails from a local source i.e. already on my hard disk
drive.!?

But I think that I need to get the files to install rails and it
dependancies from the web site, so
1. I don't know why I am getting this new error message
2. and I do not know why it is looking for metadata

mm. it is confussing I am afraid, but your help is very usefull and
helpful, and any further idears are v welcome indeed. ta Julian