# Gem update hangs (yaml slow on big dataset)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-hangs-yaml-slow-on-big-dataset/103251>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-hangs-yaml-slow-on-big-dataset/103251 "2007-05-03T12:01:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-hangs-yaml-slow-on-big-dataset/103251/1 "2007-05-03T12:01:35Z")

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Hi all,

I am having a heck of a time trying to get gems working on a ubuntu  
system. I get exactly what is described at  
[http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/19#page96](http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/19#page96)

I have a problem with RubyGems. It doesn’t matter what I try to  
install with, it freezez.  
Particulary I tried to execute:  
gem install rails --include-dependencies  
but the command freezez at the following message:  
“Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)”

And much to my chagrin, the answer is

[I lost my internet connection while composing the answer to this question. Unfortunately, I now no longer recall what I intended to write. The answer (or at least part of the answer) is buried deep in the RubyGems mail archive. I’ll try to update this after a bit of research. Sorry for leaving this question hanging.]

So I did some work myself and modified a bit of the gem code (yay for  
open source) to get it working for me… results at

[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=10550&group\_id=126&atid=575](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=10550&group_id=126&atid=575)

in case anyone else has this problem

-Andrew R.