From: Josh Cheek Date: 2010-06-02T17:47:48+09:00 Subject: Re: installation issue with Ruby gems on Ubuntu 8.04 --0016367fb70dcb995804880824ce Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Santosh Dvn wrote: > Dimitri De Frenne wrote: > > Santosh Dvn wrote: > >> Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 .. while installing i got > >> the following error. > >> > >> > >> > >> $wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38646/rubygems-1.2.0.tgz > >> > >> Error : Name or service could not be resolved > >> > >> Could you any one help on this ... > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > > > > That's an old version. The latest one is 1.3.7 and can be downloaded > > from http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz > > Hi have try to download the new version > > $wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz > > but still i am getting same error > > unable to resolve rubyforge.org : Name or service could not be resolved > ( Socket error) > > Any ideas :) > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > Ubuntu has a package manager called Synaptic that I think should do this for you. I've definitely installed Ruby through it, but that was so long ago that I can't remember if it worked for rubygems. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto --0016367fb70dcb995804880824ce--