# Error installing

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing/138818>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [May 28, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing/138818 "2008-05-28T01:41:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruslan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@ruslan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ruslan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing/138818/1 "2008-05-28T01:41:53Z")

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I’m installing Radianr CMS on Mediatemple.

Everything had turn out perfect until:

RAILS\_ENV=production rake db:bootstrap  
which gave me  
Radiant requires RubyGems \>= 0.9.4 (you have 0.9.2). Please `gem update --system` and try again.

I’ve been trying to update the gems but I’m unsuccessful and after gem  
update --system it will keep saying 0.9.2 on gem -v

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**Author:** ![ruslan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@ruslan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ruslan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing/138818/2 "2008-05-28T01:53:54Z")

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Ruslan,

Chances are unless it’s a VPS, they won’t let you update rubygems.  
Otherwise, try ‘sudo gem update --system’.

Sean

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**Author:** ![ruslan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@ruslan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ruslan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing/138818/3 "2008-05-28T02:29:35Z")

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On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:53 AM, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Ruslan,
> 
> Chances are unless it’s a VPS, they won’t let you update rubygems.  
> Otherwise, try ‘sudo gem update --system’.

Can’t say about Mediatemple, but if you have shell, its pretty certain  
you can install your own gems, even on a shared hosting. That’s what I  
do on Site5. This might help:

[http://forums.site5.com/showthread.php?t=11954](http://forums.site5.com/showthread.php?t=11954)

Depending on host’s constraints, you might even get away with  
compiling your own ruby, git etc. I did ask them first, though.