# Gem install deprec -y

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-deprec-y/115244>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 22, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-deprec-y/115244 "2007-09-22T10:07:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![stonebreaker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@stonebreaker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stonebreaker)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-deprec-y/115244/1 "2007-09-22T10:07:11Z")

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Hi,

When trying to installing deprec through gem i got this error.

ERROR: While executing gem … (Zlib::DataError)  
invalid stored block lengths

I’m using Vista

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**Author:** ![stonebreaker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@stonebreaker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stonebreaker)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-deprec-y/115244/2 "2007-09-22T12:35:32Z")

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Jon S. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> When trying to installing deprec through gem i got this error.
> 
> ERROR: While executing gem … (Zlib::DataError)  
> invalid stored block lengths
> 
> I’m using Vista

OK found out that is was the gem needle that didn’t work. Download it  
manual from sourceforge and installed it with gem install  
needle-1.3.0.gem --local then i could installed deprec -y