# Gem Installation Failure

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-failure/143886>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 23, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-failure/143886 "2008-07-23T15:08:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![darshana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@darshana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darshana)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-failure/143886/1 "2008-07-23T15:08:06Z")

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Hi,  
We are trying to install gems on Linux- CentOS 5 machine however, it  
fails to connect gems repository due to proxy setting.  
Can anyone provide pointers on this?  
Following are details of ruby and gem version that we have installed.  
Ruby version: 1.8.6  
Gem: 1.2.0

Thanks  
Darshana

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**Author:** ![darshana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@darshana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darshana)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-failure/143886/2 "2008-07-23T19:25:27Z")

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On Jul 23, 2008, at 06:02 AM, Darshana G. wrote:

> Hi,  
> We are trying to install gems on Linux- CentOS 5 machine however, it  
> fails to connect gems repository due to proxy setting.  
> Can anyone provide pointers on this?

Set the HTTP\_PROXY environment variable, and optionally  
HTTP\_PROXY\_USER and HTTP\_PROXY\_PASS.