From: Farrel Lifson Date: 2009-04-30T20:43:25+09:00 Subject: Re: gem problems: install "bulk updating..." gets oom killed: no memory. 2009/4/30 itsastickup : > Hello, > > ruby 1.8.4, gems 1.0.1 That version of gems is really old. The version on my box is 1.3.1. I think there are some backwards incompatibilities between the newer and older versions which can cause issues such as what you describe. See if upgrading to a newer gems version helps. Farrel -- Aimred - Ruby Development and Consulting http://www.aimred.com