# Can't install any gems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-any-gems/147910>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-any-gems/147910 "2008-09-06T22:30:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshua-asem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@joshua-asem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joshua-asem)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-any-gems/147910/1 "2008-09-06T22:30:26Z")

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I’m on Mac OS X running Rails 2.1, Ruby 1.8.6, gem version 1.1.0 and  
anytime I try installing any gem, I get a GemNotFoundException.

I tried deleting the source\_cache but still no luck.

My latest try at gem update rails:

sudo gem update rails  
Updating installed gems  
Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)  
Updating rails  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::GemNotFoundException)  
could not find rails locally or in a repository

Anyone have any ideas what’s going on? I’m a little confused at this  
point.

Thanks,  
– Josh