# Echoe requires RubyGems version \>= 1.2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/echoe-requires-rubygems-version-1-2/153690>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 20, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/echoe-requires-rubygems-version-1-2/153690 "2008-11-20T06:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubyfreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rubyfreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyfreak)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/echoe-requires-rubygems-version-1-2/153690/1 "2008-11-20T06:04:23Z")

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I keep getting this error when attempting to install just about  
anything.  
I can’t find anything about it via google.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![rubyfreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rubyfreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyfreak)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/echoe-requires-rubygems-version-1-2/153690/2 "2008-11-20T07:01:06Z")

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I can’t update my gems to 1.2

I have tried about everything.  
gem update --system fails

early in the --debug I get:  
“invalid Gem::Specification format [“1.2.0”, 3, “flow”…”

followed by a series of errors  
and then it finally says:  
nothing to update

I did an update of ruby to no avail  
sudo gem update ruby  
It did update a lot of stuff, but gem update --system still fails  
Gems updated: columnize, linecache, ruby-debug-base, ruby-debug,  
columnize, linecache, ruby-debug-base, ruby-debug, ruby-debug-base,  
ruby-debug-ide

Eric H.'s page doesn’t mention anything except gem update --system

me =\> :stuck

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**Author:** ![rubyfreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rubyfreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyfreak)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/echoe-requires-rubygems-version-1-2/153690/3 "2008-11-20T07:43:47Z")

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OK,  
I found it  
sudo gem install rubygems-update  
then  
sudo update\_rubygems

This was on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.