From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-09-22T18:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems Problem

On Sep 22, 5:50 am, Preethi Sivakumar <preethi...@tcs.com> wrote:
> Fabian Streitel wrote:
> > instead of reinstalling rubygems you could try
>
> >     gem update --system
>
> I previously tried gem update --system
>
> It gave me this error
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Updating RubyGems
> ERROR:  http://gems.rubyforge.org/does not appear to be a repository
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)
>

This indicates a problem with a RubyForge mirror.

Please execute the same command, but add "--debug -V" at the end

That is going to provide information of the broken mirror. Then
forward or post that information here or RubyForge support forum.

> Thats why I downloaded and installed the gems seperately.
> Is there any other way to proceed?

An alternative is manually install RubyGems:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2008/08/04/problems-with-rubygems-find-here-some-handy-tips/

HTH,
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Luis Lavena