From: vasudevram Date: 2007-07-26T02:05:00+09:00 Subject: Strange error installing RubyGems Hi, I'm on Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4. Was installing RubyGems and got the error shown below - at the end of this post. Tried it a few times (including uninstalling my complete Ruby installation, in case some files had got messed up), but got the same error each time. The main or only error is at the end of the output, but I've shown the full output below. It says: Successfully built RubyGem but then says: hook C:/Temp/inst/rubygems-0.9.4/./post-install.rb failed: install directory # not absolute Would appreciate any pointers to what the errors might be due to. Interestingly, this the first time this has happened. I've been programming Ruby for some time now, and have never had a problem installing either Ruby itself, or RubyGems, earlier. This error happened after I had uninstalled my earlier Ruby version and was installing the latest stable Ruby version, and then the latest stable RubyGem version. ---------- Errors while running "ruby setup.rb" (also tried "ruby setup.rb all") to install RubyGems v0.9.4: [ The error is at the end of the output below - at and below this line: "hook C:/Temp/inst/rubygems-0.9.4/./post-install.rb failed:" ] C:\Temp\inst\rubygems-0.9.4>ruby setup.rb all ---> bin <--- bin ---> lib ---> lib/rbconfig <--- lib/rbconfig ---> lib/rubygems ---> lib/rubygems/commands <--- lib/rubygems/commands ---> lib/rubygems/digest <--- lib/rubygems/digest <--- lib/rubygems <--- lib ---> bin <--- bin ---> lib ---> lib/rbconfig <--- lib/rbconfig ---> lib/rubygems ---> lib/rubygems/commands <--- lib/rubygems/commands ---> lib/rubygems/digest <--- lib/rubygems/digest <--- lib/rubygems <--- lib rm -f InstalledFiles ---> bin mkdir -p C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install gem C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install gem_mirror C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install gem_server C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install gemlock C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install gemri C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install gemwhich C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install index_gem_repository.rb C:/ruby184-20/bin/ install update_rubygems C:/ruby184-20/bin/ <--- bin ---> lib mkdir -p C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ install gemconfigure.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ install rubygems.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ install ubygems.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ ---> lib/rbconfig mkdir -p C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbconfig install datadir.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbconfig <--- lib/rbconfig ---> lib/rubygems mkdir -p C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install builder.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install command_manager.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install config_file.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install custom_require.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install dependency_list.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install doc_manager.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install format.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install gem_commands.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install gem_open_uri.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install gem_openssl.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install gem_runner.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install installer.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install old_format.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install open-uri.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install package.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install remote_fetcher.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install remote_installer.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install rubygems_version.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install security.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install server.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install source_index.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install source_info_cache.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install source_info_cache_entry.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/ 1.8/rubygems install specification.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install timer.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install user_interaction.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems install validator.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install version.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems ---> lib/rubygems/commands mkdir -p C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands install build_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install cert_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install check_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install cleanup_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/command s install contents_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/comman ds install dependency_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/comm ands install environment_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/com mands install help_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install install_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/command s install list_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install outdated_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/comman ds install pristine_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/comman ds install query_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install rdoc_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ commands install search_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/commands install sources_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/command s install specification_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/c ommands install uninstall_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/comma nds install unpack_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/commands install update_command.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/commands <--- lib/rubygems/commands ---> lib/rubygems/digest mkdir -p C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest install digest_adapter.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/digest install md5.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest install sha1.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest install sha2.rb C:/ruby184-20/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/digest <--- lib/rubygems/digest <--- lib/rubygems <--- lib Successfully built RubyGem Name: sources Version: 0.0.1 File: sources-0.0.1.gem hook C:/Temp/inst/rubygems-0.9.4/./post-install.rb failed: install directory # not absolute Try 'ruby setup.rb --help' for detailed usage. Thanks Vasudev Ram http://www.dancingbison.com http://jugad.livejournal.com http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtopdf