From: Luis Lavena Date: 2009-12-12T04:10:09+09:00 Subject: Re: gems installation - invalid gem format On Dec 11, 5:56 am, Serguei Cambour wrote: > I think I found the reason. I just opened the file that Ruby pointed in > (C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/[gem_name]. Here is what was inside (I > had to do that much earlier without loosing so much time :(: > [code] > > >

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> > > [/code] > As you can see, the problem was that Ruby tried to go through the port > 7000 that was blocked by the enterprise firewall. > Just to be sure at 100%, I took 2 laptops: with Windows XP Family and > Ubuntu 9.10 and tried to install RoR environment at home where I know > exactly my firewall configuration. And, as I expected, everything was > installed without any problem. > Thank you so much for your help. I'd like that Ruby error message to be > more user-friendly, like that one could get an idea more quickly where > to search. It was pointed several times over this thread and by others that you may be behind a firewall. A proper firewall shouldn't return HTTP 200 OK but instead something else. The problem is not Ruby, but the firewall, how can RubyGems determine what will do so many proxy/firewalls in relation to blocking of content? Glad to know you figure it out. -- Luis Lavena