im trying to install rails with gem. i have compiled 1.8.6 from source
and am running gem 1.1.1
here is the output:
[root@webapp1 ~]# gem install rails --include-dependencies --verbose
–backtrace
INFO: gem install -y is now default and will be removed
INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list
connection reset after 2 requests, retrying
Missing metadata for 14022 gems
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/
Installing gem actionpack-2.1.0
ERROR: While executing gem … (Zlib::GzipFile::CRCError)
invalid compressed data – crc error
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:55:in
close' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:55:in initialize’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:46:in
each' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:37:in loop’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:37:in
each' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:33:in initialize’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:18:in
new' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:18:in open’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:56:in
open' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:67:in from_io’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:51:in
from_file_by_path' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:50:in open’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:50:in
from_file_by_path' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:81:in initialize’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:200:in
new' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:200:in install’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:183:in
each' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:183:in install’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:73:in
execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:70:in each’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:70:in
execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:136:in invoke’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:104:in
process_args' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:74:in run’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:39:in
`run’
/usr/local/bin/gem:24
i have retried multiple times but am still getting the same error. i am
running centos 5. i double checked and i do have the zlib ruby
libraries installed.