# Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror/139366>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror/139366 "2008-06-03T10:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wawa88)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror/139366/1 "2008-06-03T10:04:52Z")

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I would like to install mysql in ruby as i need to use mysql in rails  
application…so this is the code in type in the command prompt in ruby  
directory

gem install mysql

but i got these  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)  
getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError)

How do i solve this problem. Really need help. Thanks

Wawa

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**Author:** ![wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wawa88)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror/139366/2 "2008-06-04T02:44:40Z")

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looks like a dns problem. Make sure dns is working. Maybe use opendns  
🙂  
-R

Emmie W. wrote:

> I would like to install mysql in ruby as i need to use mysql in rails  
> application…so this is the code in type in the command prompt in ruby  
> directory
> 
> gem install mysql
> 
> but i got these  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)  
> getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError)
> 
> How do i solve this problem. Really need help. Thanks
> 
> Wawa

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**Author:** ![wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wawa88)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror/139366/3 "2008-06-05T06:40:19Z")

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On Jun 3, 2008, at 17:43 PM, Roger P. wrote:

> > getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError)
> > 
> > How do i solve this problem. Really need help. Thanks
> 
> looks like a dns problem. Make sure dns is working. Maybe use  
> opendns  
> 🙂

Also, check to see that all the URLs listed in `gem sources -l` resolve.

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**Author:** ![wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wawa88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wawa88)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror/139366/4 "2008-08-08T01:54:02Z")

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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Somani Anand  
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