# Gem update **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 25, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/105034 "2007-05-25T03:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacquie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/105034/1 "2007-05-25T03:25:17Z")
Hi,all I tried to do gem update --system in my windows XP box. then I’ve got Updating RubyGems… Need to update 18 gems from [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) … complete Attempting remote update of rubygems-update ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError) install directory #\ not absolute but I can see that rubygems-update-0.9.4 is there and is not empty! anybody has this problem before or has some idea about this problem? Greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacquie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/105034/2 "2007-05-25T03:35:49Z")
On 5/24/07, Jacquie F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError) > install directory > #\ ygems-update-0.9.4\> not absolute > > but I can see that rubygems-update-0.9.4 is there and is not empty! > > anybody has this problem before or has some idea about this problem? You are not alone: [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/252820?252516-252827](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/252820?252516-252827) ---
**Author:** ![jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacquie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/105034/3 "2007-05-25T04:00:38Z")
Did anybody find a clearer solution. Am I going to reinstall rubygems as well?? Bill G. wrote: > On 5/24/07, Jacquie F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError) > > install directory > > #\ > ygems-update-0.9.4\> not absolute > > > > but I can see that rubygems-update-0.9.4 is there and is not empty! > > > > anybody has this problem before or has some idea about this problem? > > You are not alone: > [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/252820?252516-252827](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/252820?252516-252827) ---
**Author:** ![jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacquie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/105034/4 "2007-05-25T04:08:53Z")
On 5/24/07, Jacquie F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Did anybody find a clearer solution. Am I going to reinstall rubygems as > well?? I imagine that Jim is looking into it. You could post to the gem developers list in case he missed it. [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers) ---
**Author:** ![jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jacquie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacquie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/105034/5 "2007-05-25T07:33:19Z")
Hi Bill I think I solved the problem. I removed my old ruby completely (1.8.4) and installed a new one version 1.8.6. then do gem update to install (fxruby, hpricot, rake, win32-clipboard, win32-file, win32-file-stat, win32-process, windows-pr) THEN I did gem update --system and it worked fine. Maybe the old ruby version is not working with the new gem version? and also I am not sure why I needed to do a general update in gem first to get “gem update --system” working. otherwise it would through out some error like "/./post-install.rb failed: undefined method `file\_name’ for #Gem::Specification:0x2e47648 Try ‘ruby setup.rb --help’ for detailed usage. " It might need more explaination Cheers Bill G. wrote: > On 5/24/07, Jacquie F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Did anybody find a clearer solution. Am I going to reinstall rubygems as > > well?? > > I imagine that Jim is looking into it. You could post to the gem > developers list in case he missed it. > > [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers)