# Can't install rails gem on ibex

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-rails-gem-on-ibex/153795>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 21, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-rails-gem-on-ibex/153795 "2008-11-21T05:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![joeymarchy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@joeymarchy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joeymarchy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-rails-gem-on-ibex/153795/1 "2008-11-21T05:23:34Z")

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joey@lab:~$ cat /etc/issue  
Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l

joey@lab:~$ ruby --version  
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i486-linux]  
joey@lab:~$ gem --version  
1.2.0  
joey@lab:~$ gem install rails  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::ENOENT)  
No such file or directory - /var/lib/gems/1.8/cache/rake-0.8.3.gem

google gives me japanese blog  
any ideas?

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**Author:** ![joeymarchy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@joeymarchy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joeymarchy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-rails-gem-on-ibex/153795/2 "2008-11-21T06:23:04Z")

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Update your gem to 1.3.1 (I recommend from source) and try from there.

I know that this link and tutorial is for Hardy, but you can follow  
the gem install section pretty much verbatim (just grab the newest tar  
from the site) and be good to go. I used it and am running Rails on  
Ibex at home both on my web server and desktop.

[http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/4/30/ubuntu-hardy-ruby-on-rails](http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/4/30/ubuntu-hardy-ruby-on-rails)

On Nov 20, 10:23 pm, Joey M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)