Gem does not find gems

Ruby
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gem install SOMETHING

always produces “Could not find SOMETHING (> 0) in any repository”.

This is what gem environment says:

RubyGems Environment:

  • VERSION: 0.9.4 (0.9.4)
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • GEM PATH:
    • /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • REMOTE SOURCES:

I have Ruby 1.8.6 running on Mac OS10.4 (Tiger).

Any help highly appreciated.

Ronald

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This is what gem environment says:

RubyGems Environment:

  • VERSION: 0.9.4 (0.9.4)
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • GEM PATH:
    • /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • REMOTE SOURCES:

0.9.4 is an ancient version of rubygems.

You could try gem update --system but I don’t know if I would trust
that with such an old old version… you might want to go to the
rubygems web site, download the latest version and install it.

-Jonathan N.

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On Jan 18, 4:00 am, Ronald F. [email protected]
wrote:

 - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

I have Ruby 1.8.6 running on Mac OS10.4 (Tiger).

Any help highly appreciated.

You’re running an old version of RubyGems. Please update.

Try “sudo gem update --system”

If it does not work, try manually update:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2008/08/04/problems-with-rubygems-find-here-some-handy-tips/