# GEM install problem using setup.rb **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem-using-setup-rb/184328 "2010-03-01T02:21:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grimlinda)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem-using-setup-rb/184328/1 "2010-03-01T02:21:37Z")
Desperate newbie spent most of the afternoon trying to get gem to work on her Mac (Leopard). Went so far as to compile and install ruby (went fine) and then ftp the zip file for Gems 1.3.6, dated 20-Feb-2010. Ran setup.rb and got the following output (unchanged from when I tried a regular update at the beginning of the day) sudo /usr/local/bin/ruby setup.rb ./lib/rubygems/config\_file.rb:125:in `merge': can't convert Gem::SourceIndex into Hash (TypeError) from ./lib/rubygems/config_file.rb:125:in`initialize’ from ./lib/rubygems.rb:274:in `new' from ./lib/rubygems.rb:274:in`configuration’ from ./lib/rubygems.rb:520:in `path' from ./lib/rubygems/source_index.rb:66:in`installed\_spec\_directories’ from ./lib/rubygems/source\_index.rb:56:in `from_installed_gems' from ./lib/rubygems.rb:736:in`source\_index’ from ./lib/rubygems/gem\_path\_searcher.rb:86:in `init_gemspecs' from ./lib/rubygems/gem_path_searcher.rb:21:in`initialize’ from ./lib/rubygems.rb:684:in `new' from ./lib/rubygems.rb:684:in`searcher’ from ./lib/rubygems.rb:683:in `synchronize' from ./lib/rubygems.rb:683:in`searcher’ from ./lib/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:34:in `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tmpdir.rb:14 from ./lib/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`gem\_original\_require’ from ./lib/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require’ from setup.rb:95 Please help. Thank you,Linda ---
**Author:** ![grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grimlinda)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem-using-setup-rb/184328/2 "2010-03-01T14:50:14Z")
Linda Grimaldi wrote: > Please help. Thank you,Linda Which version of Ruby are you running? (type “ruby -v”) Marvin ---
**Author:** ![grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grimlinda)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem-using-setup-rb/184328/3 "2010-03-01T18:28:53Z")
1.8.7 Thanks, Linda Marvin Gülker wrote: > Linda Grimaldi wrote: > > > Please help. Thank you,Linda > > Which version of Ruby are you running? (type “ruby -v”) > > Marvin ---
**Author:** ![grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grimlinda)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem-using-setup-rb/184328/4 "2010-03-01T20:57:45Z")
Life is good- poked around on the web some more and found a reference on corrupt source index files. Deleted the old cache and the old gem worked better (didn’t croak on a method not found error) but still did not pick up remote server things. Deleted the old gem and the new install worked and picked up everything it should. I am now happy. Thank you for the help. Am getting rid of the pre-installed ruby on my Mac and using my new one now. > OK, so it’s not an outdated one like the 1.6 things still around. I > don’t have a Mac to test things out here (I’m running on Ubuntu Linux), > but for me the installation progress works. I downloaded Ruby 1.9.7-p249 > from ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org , compiled and installed it, and after > downloading RubyGems 1.3.6 from [http://rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org) I ran ruby setup.rb, > everything without any compilation options beside a --prefix to Ruby’s > configure since I already have a Ruby installation. > > Sorry I can’t help you. Maybe someone with a Mac to test can. ☹ > > Marvin ---
**Author:** ![grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@grimlinda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grimlinda)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem-using-setup-rb/184328/5 "2010-03-01T20:30:50Z")
Linda Grimaldi wrote: > 1.8.7 > > Thanks, Linda > > Marvin Gülker wrote: > > > Linda Grimaldi wrote: > > > > > Please help. Thank you,Linda > > > > Which version of Ruby are you running? (type “ruby -v”) > > > > Marvin OK, so it’s not an outdated one like the 1.6 things still around. I don’t have a Mac to test things out here (I’m running on Ubuntu Linux), but for me the installation progress works. I downloaded Ruby 1.9.7-p249 from ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org , compiled and installed it, and after downloading RubyGems 1.3.6 from [http://rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org) I ran ruby setup.rb, everything without any compilation options beside a --prefix to Ruby’s configure since I already have a Ruby installation. Sorry I can’t help you. Maybe someone with a Mac to test can. ☹ Marvin