# Gem install problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem/119974>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 12, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem/119974 "2007-11-12T16:54:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-problem/119974/1 "2007-11-12T16:54:08Z")

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bcck@tom-desktop:~/packages$ gem update  
Updating installed gems…  
Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteSourceException)  
Error fetching remote gem cache: SocketError reading  
[RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml)  
bcck@tom-desktop:~/packages$