# Activerecord 2.0.1 gem **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 7, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460 "2007-12-07T19:46:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/1 "2007-12-07T19:46:53Z")
I have tried to install activerecord 2.0.1 both through gem update and by manually downloading it and doing gem install. They both fail with MANUAL: C:\DRC\ruby\>gem install activerecord-2.0.1 ERROR: Error installing gem activerecord-2.0.1[.gem]: buffer error REMOTE: R:\workzone\dwell-aware\trunk\>gem update --source [http://gems.rubyonrails.com](http://gems.rubyonrails.com) Updating installed gems… Attempting remote update of activerecord ERROR: While executing gem … (Zlib::BufError) buffer error I believe the .gem file to be corrupt! Thanks, Rags ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/2 "2007-12-07T19:53:55Z")
I’m getting the same result here. ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/3 "2007-12-09T03:05:47Z")
Try this command: gem update --system It will update your RubyGems to 0.9.5, and you will be able to install Rails 2.0 without problem. On Dec 7, 7:53 pm, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/4 "2007-12-10T19:17:06Z")
Actually, I will change that to a conditional fix. gem update rails ‘worked’, but did not update activerecord, activesource, rake or rails. I actually had to do gem install rails to get to a working version of 2.0.1 Ray Ray C. wrote: > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > Try this command: > > > > gem update --system > > > > It will update your RubyGems to 0.9.5, and you will be able to install > > Rails 2.0 without problem. > > > > On Dec 7, 7:53 pm, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > Yes, that fixed it - it updates cleanly! > Thanks for the help!! > > Ray ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/5 "2007-12-10T18:28:19Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Try this command: > > gem update --system > > It will update your RubyGems to 0.9.5, and you will be able to install > Rails 2.0 without problem. > > On Dec 7, 7:53 pm, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Yes, that fixed it - it updates cleanly! Thanks for the help!! Ray ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/6 "2007-12-10T19:53:09Z")
Thanks to Jesper Rønn-jensen for a very clear explanation of all the things that can and will go wrong if you try to get on the bleeding edge of rails development. (Including breaking your mongrel server!) Please see his blog entry: [http://justaddwater.dk/2007/12/09/rails-20-gem-install-windows-mongrel-trouble/](http://justaddwater.dk/2007/12/09/rails-20-gem-install-windows-mongrel-trouble/) Ray C. wrote: > Actually, I will change that to a conditional fix. > > gem update rails ‘worked’, but did not update activerecord, > activesource, rake or rails. > > I actually had to do gem install rails to get to a working version of > 2.0.1 > > Ray > > Ray C. wrote: > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > > > Try this command: > > > > > > gem update --system > > > > > > It will update your RubyGems to 0.9.5, and you will be able to install > > > Rails 2.0 without problem. > > > > > > On Dec 7, 7:53 pm, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > > Yes, that fixed it - it updates cleanly! > > Thanks for the help!! > > > > Ray ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/7 "2007-12-12T10:11:27Z")
wow, gem update system causes a lot of vague (error) messages and then ends with: lib/rubygems/local\_remote\_options.rb:89:30: ‘:’ not followed by identified or op erator As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed. Searching $LOAD\_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)… …done. No library stubs found. RubyGems system software updated The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. I’m not confident that I’m fixing a problem now… ---
**Author:** ![varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-2-0-1-gem/122460/8 "2007-12-12T11:05:57Z")
gem update rails didn’t work for me… gem list shows the following: action\_profiler (1.0.0) actionmailer (1.3.4, 1.3.2, 1.2.5) actionpack (1.13.4, 1.13.2, 1.12.5) actionwebservice (1.2.4, 1.2.2, 1.1.6) activerecord (1.15.4, 1.15.2, 1.14.4) activesupport (2.0.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.1, 1.3.1) so only activesupport was updated? Trying gem install rails again gives me another error message gem install rails ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) OpenURI::HTTPError: 404 Not Found reading [http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/act](http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/act) ionmailer-2.0.1.gem I am installing Rails on a Linux server and upgrading my development client (Windows XP) to Rails 2.0. It is quite shocking to see how many issues I have encountered and many workaround I have had to apply today. Examples below: For gem install rails: 1. ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::GemNotFoundException) Could not find rails (\> 0) in any repository 2. undefined method `[]=’ for #Gem::ConfigFile:0x84691d4 3. ERROR: While executing gem … (Zlib::BufError) buffer error 4. ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) OpenURI::HTTPError: 404 Not Found reading [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/actionmailer-2.0.1.gem)