# Help figuring out problem with installing activesupport 2.2.2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-figuring-out-problem-with-installing-activesupport-2-2-2/157353>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 9, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-figuring-out-problem-with-installing-activesupport-2-2-2/157353 "2009-01-09T20:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lraiz)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-figuring-out-problem-with-installing-activesupport-2-2-2/157353/1 "2009-01-09T20:13:59Z")

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I created a brand new RoR installation on Win XP using  
InstantRails-2.0 which brought rails 2.0.2. I now struggle to update  
it to rails 2.2.2. The essence of my problem comes to the installation  
of activesupport 2.2.2. Below is the cut and pasted session  
illustrating my problem and run-time environment. Can someone suggest  
a course of actions? I am lost.

Thanks,

- LR

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C:\InstantRails2.0\rails\_apps\>gem list --R ^activesup

\*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\*

activesupport (2.2.2)

C:\InstantRails2.0\rails\_apps\>gem install activesupport  
ERROR: could not find gem activesupport locally or in a repository

C:\InstantRails2.0\rails\_apps\>gem env  
RubyGems Environment:

- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.1
- RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/InstantRails2.0/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/InstantRails2.0/ruby/bin/ruby.exe
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/InstantRails2.0/ruby/bin
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
  - ruby
  - x86-mswin32-60

- GEM PATHS:
  - C:/InstantRails2.0/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - C:/Documents and Settings/Leonid/.gem/ruby/1.8

- GEM CONFIGURATION:
  - :update\_sources =\> true
  - :verbose =\> true
  - :benchmark =\> false
  - :backtrace =\> false
  - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000

- REMOTE SOURCES:
  - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)

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**Author:** ![lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lraiz)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-figuring-out-problem-with-installing-activesupport-2-2-2/157353/2 "2009-01-09T20:25:08Z")

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BTW. I already installed rubygems-update 1.3.1 and run  
update\_rubygems. It did not help.

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**Author:** ![lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lraiz)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-figuring-out-problem-with-installing-activesupport-2-2-2/157353/3 "2009-01-09T21:35:40Z")

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On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, LRaiz [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> BTW. I already installed rubygems-update 1.3.1 and run  
> update\_rubygems. It did not help.
> 
> Does that produce the same effect as

$ gem update --system

?

–wpd

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**Author:** ![lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lraiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lraiz)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-figuring-out-problem-with-installing-activesupport-2-2-2/157353/4 "2009-01-09T21:49:47Z")

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1. I can’t see a difference between effects of “gem update --system”  
and update\_rubygems.
2. Trying to do install with verbose output produces

> gem install activesupport --verbose --backtrace  
> GET 304 Not Modified: [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)  
> Error fetching remote data: timed out (http://  
> [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activesupport-2.2.2.gemspec.rz))  
> Falling back to local-only install  
> ERROR: could not find gem activesupport locally or in a repository

Using my browser I can easily see and download  
activesupport-2.2.2.gemspec.rz file from  
[RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8);  
so I don’t know why gem is timing out. Does anyone know where should I  
place it locally so gem would be able to use it? Or should I do  
something else with this rz file?

- LR