From: sto.mar@...
Date: 2013-07-31T21:00:53+09:00
Subject: Re: cannot install gems

Am 31.07.2013 05:20, schrieb Tom Cloyd:
> Environment: Kubuntu Linux 13.4 | rvm 1.21.3 (stable) | ruby 1.8.7
> (2013-06-27 patchlevel 374) [i686-linux]
> 
> I'm following the advice of the authors of /The Rspec Book/, and trying
> to recreate the environment (ruby-1.8.7 etc.) in which the book's code
> was run.

If you absolutely must... but 1.8.7 is <del>dead</del> retired.

> I can install gems in my ruby 2.0.0, but not in ruby 1.8.7. Here's an
> example of the problem -
> 
> Terminal output:
> tomc@LT:/$ gem install rails-3.0.0 ERROR: Could not find a valid gem
> 'rails-3.0.0' (>= 0) in any repository ERROR: Possible alternatives:
> rails800 tomc@LT:/$

I suspect you would have the same problem with ruby 2.0.0,
there is no rails-3.0.0 gem on rubygems.org.

Do you mean

  gem install rails -v 3.0.0

?

> $ ping rubygems.org
> PING rubygems.org (54.245.255.174) 56(84) bytes of data.
> ^C
> --- rubygems.org ping statistics ---
> 29 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 28222ms

Same for me, but the site is running, and I can install gems.
Probably they don't allow ping.

Regards,
Marcus


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