Gem fetching error

Rails
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I am trying to install some application using gem, but I keep on getting
the error. I tried with ‘gem clean’ and ‘gem update’. The latter gives
the following error (the same error is replicable when I try any ruby
applications):

gem update --debug

Exception Errno::ENOENT' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/config_file.rb:51 - No such file or directory - /root/.gemrc Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::BuildCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::CertCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::CheckCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::ContentsCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::DependencyCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::EnvironmentCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::HelpCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::OutdatedCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::PristineCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::QueryCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::ListCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::RdocCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::SearchCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::SourcesCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::SpecificationCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UninstallCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UnpackCommand Exception NameError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 -
uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::CleanupCommand
Exception NameError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UpdateCommand Updating installed gems... Exception ArgumentError’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb:68 - marshal
data too short
Exception ArgumentError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb:68 - marshal data too short Exception URI::InvalidURIError’ at /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:436

  • bad URI(is not URI?): ://:
    Exception URI::InvalidURIError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:60 - bad URI(is not URI?): ://: Exception Gem::OperationNotSupportedError’ at
    /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:305 - No quick
    index found: bad URI(is not URI?): ://:
    Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
    Exception `URI::InvalidURIError’ at /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:436
  • bad URI(is not URI?): ://:
    Exception `URI::InvalidURIError’ at /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:436
  • bad URI(is not URI?): ://:
    Exception URI::InvalidURIError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:60 - bad URI(is not URI?): ://: Exception URI::InvalidURIError’ at /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:436
  • bad URI(is not URI?): ://:
    Exception URI::InvalidURIError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:60 - bad URI(is not URI?): ://: Exception Gem::RemoteSourceException’ at
    /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:292 - Error
    fetching remote gem cache: bad URI(is not URI?): ://:
    ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteSourceException)
    Error fetching remote gem cache: bad URI(is not URI?): ://:

New to ruby, any pointer?

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I have same problem- Gem sucks. Wonderful that no one has replied to
you yet.

On Apr 26, 9:00 pm, Zenny R. [email protected]