# Error when attempting using trying to install a gem and quer

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-attempting-using-trying-to-install-a-gem-and-quer/77493>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 28, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-attempting-using-trying-to-install-a-gem-and-quer/77493 "2006-11-28T12:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-attempting-using-trying-to-install-a-gem-and-quer/77493/1 "2006-11-28T12:46:43Z")

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I just began starting to use Ruby-- and programming in general-- so  
maybe the solution to this problem is very simple.

I get the following bug message both when I attempt to install a gem  
(specifically the the gettext gem-- see link below for reference) and  
when I attempt to to query the remote gems on Windows XP:

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/incremental\_fetcher.rb:133:  
[BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.8.5 \<2006-08-25\> [i186-mswin32]

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an  
unusual way. Please contact the applications support team for more  
information.

* * *

This bug results when I enter in either of the following prompts in the  
command console:

C:\>gem install gettext

or

C:\>gem query --remote

Is there an easy solution to this problem?

(link to gettext gem: [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-gettext/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-gettext/))

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-attempting-using-trying-to-install-a-gem-and-quer/77493/2 "2006-11-28T13:04:46Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> I get the following bug message both when I attempt to install a gem  
> (specifically the the gettext gem-- see link below for reference) and  
> when I attempt to to query the remote gems on Windows XP:
> 
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/incremental\_fetcher.rb:133:  
> [BUG] Segmentation fault  
> ruby 1.8.5 \<2006-08-25\> [i186-mswin32]

FWIW, I’ve seen the same behaviour on my NetBSD ruby install, 1.84 with  
both gem versions 0.8.11 and 0.9.0 on sparc. For me, it’s not critical,  
so I just grab whatever gems I need via wget and install them locally.  
It works everywhere else, it’s just that machine. Go figure.