From: Adam Shelly <adam.shelly@...>
Date: 2008-08-07T05:54:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Error installing Ruby-Debug : unreachable host???

n 8/6/08, Bob Miner <bobminer@lobo.net> wrote:
>Downloaded Ruby-Debug-0.10.1.gem
>When I type GEM INSTALL RUBY-DEBUG
>I get :
> A Socket operation attempted to an unreachable host
>
> I need a debugger for Ruby.  Any suggestions where to get one & how to
> load it?

That is a network error of some sort - I get a similar one due to my
office firewall.

But if you have already downloaded Ruby-Debug-0.10.1.gem onto your harddrive,
then all you need to do is change to the download directory and type
`gem install -l Ruby-Debug-0.10.1.gem`

The -l for local makes it skip the attempt to connect to the network.

If you haven't downloaded it, you can get it from
rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-debug/

-Adam