# Error Installing Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 8, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409 "2006-10-08T08:37:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conz)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409/1 "2006-10-08T08:37:41Z")

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Hi, I’m receiving the following error message using

BEGIN ERROR:

host\_name:~/src conradwt$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies  
Password:  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)  
Connection refused - connect(2)

END ERROR:

BEGIN MORE INFO:

host\_name:~/src conradwt$ sudo gem install rails  
–include-dependencies --backtrace  
Password:  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)  
Connection refused - connect(2)  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:562:in `initialize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:562:in`connect’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:48:in `timeout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in`timeout’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:562:in `connect' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:555:in`do\_start’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:544:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1031:in`request’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:800:in `head' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:118:in`read\_size’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote\_installer.rb:106:in  
`get_size' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:54:in`size’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/incremental\_fetcher.rb:60:in  
`remote_size' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/incremental_fetcher.rb:33:in`source\_index’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote\_installer.rb:365:in  
`source_index' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:482:in`fetch\_source’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote\_installer.rb:473:in  
`source_index_hash' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:472:in`source\_index\_hash’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote\_installer.rb:436:in  
`install' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:258:in`execute’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:220:in  
`execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:69:in`invoke’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd\_manager.rb:117:in  
`process_args' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:88:in`run’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_runner.rb:29:in `run’  
/usr/local/bin/gem:23

END MORE INFO:

BTW, I’m trying to install on a MBP. Well, I must go and I appreciate  
any assistance that I may receive.

Thanks in advance,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conz)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409/2 "2006-10-08T09:07:42Z")

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Looks like a network connection problem.

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**Author:** ![conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conz)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409/3 "2006-10-08T09:27:43Z")

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Hi, I was able to complete all the previous steps which involved using  
the network. Now, I’m totally stopped in my tracks.

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conz)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409/4 "2006-10-08T12:48:13Z")

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Probably something to do with the fact that rubyforge is currently down

Fred

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**Author:** ![conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conz)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409/5 "2006-10-08T19:16:01Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> Forgot to say, you can use one of the various rubyforge mirrors, eg  
> gem install rails --source [http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/](http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/)  
> [gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)

Thanks for that… it fixed my problems.

I’m surprised they don’t have an automated mirror system, like some of  
the other package systems do. Works well to get a static list of  
mirrors from a reliable web host, and then work down that list until  
you find one that’s up.

Smackfu

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**Author:** ![conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@conz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conz)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-rails/71409/6 "2006-10-08T13:03:12Z")

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Forgot to say, you can use one of the various rubyforge mirrors, eg  
gem install rails --source [http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/](http://rubyforge.planetargon.com/)  
[gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)

Fred