# Install pb(solved) : http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 10, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-pb-solved-http-gems-rubyforge-org-does-not-appear-to-be-a-repository/169936 "2009-06-10T13:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GuyK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@GuyK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GuyK)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-pb-solved-http-gems-rubyforge-org-does-not-appear-to-be-a-repository/169936/1 "2009-06-10T13:01:42Z")
I’m installing ruby on rails on my local windows laptop, piece of cake, ruby is adult now, so I thought… [http://rubyonrails.org/download](http://rubyonrails.org/download) is clear : install ruby with windows installer, ok download gems, unzip and “ruby setup.rb”, ok but “gem install rails” tells : “[http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) does not appear to be a repository” here I groan, is it the proxy ? no, is it a real message ? (gems.rubyforge is not a repository!?). what are those kind of incomplete installations. in google many people are in the same sh…case. the solution : 1. it is a connection problem to repository : gem install rails --debug Exception `NameError' at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/command_manager.rb:161 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand Exception `Gem::LoadError’ at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/ rubygems.rb:826 - Could not find RubyGem sources (\> 0.0.1) Exception `Errno::ETIMEDOUT' at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ http.rb:560 - Une tentative de connexion a ÚchouÚ car le parti connectÚ n'a pas rÚpondu convenablement au-delÓ d'une certaine durÚe ou une connexion Útablie a ÚchouÚ car l'h¶te de connexion n'a pas rÚpondu. - connect(2) Exception `Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError’ at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/ site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote\_fetcher.rb:172 - Errno::ETIMEDOUT: Une tentative de connexion a ÚchouÚ car le parti connectÚ n’a pas rÚpondu convenablement au-delÓ d’une certaine durÚe ou une connexion Útablie a ÚchouÚ car l’h¶te de connexion n’a pasrÚpondu. - connect(2) (http:// [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)) Exception `#' at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/ timeout.rb:60 - execution expired Exception `Timeout::Error’ at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb: 74 - execution expired Exception `Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError' at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/ site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:170 - timed out (http:// gems.rubyforge.org/specs.4.8.gz) Exception `#Class:0x2c9140c’ at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/ timeout.rb:60 - execution expired Exception `Timeout::Error' at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb: 74 - execution expired Exception `Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError’ at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/ site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote\_fetcher.rb:170 - timed out (http:// [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml)) ERROR: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) does not appear to be a repository Exception `Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError' at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/ site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:155 - timed out (http:// gems.rubyforge.org/yaml) Exception `Gem::GemNotFoundException’ at C:/guy/app/Ruby/lib/ruby/ site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency\_installer.rb:200 - could not find gem rails locally or in arepository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository error message should be “Timeout” instead of “not a repository” checking : yes unfortunately the site seems overloaded , unbrowseable [http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems](http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems) 1. [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) should be multimirrored yes there are mirrors, but where there is only few gems, 25 on gem list --source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org) 2. I managed installing gems manually. but not like the other posts I will tell how (to just a “I succeeded! thanks!”) gem install rails --source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org) indicates that “rake” is not up to date, I found a mirror [http://de.mirror.rubyforge.org/gems/](http://de.mirror.rubyforge.org/gems/) and downloaded rake-0.8.7.gem, and gem install rake-0.8.7.gem then gem install rails --source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org) 3. so… three hours lost, because of the installation system not working. -[http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) is supposed to lead to other mirrors ? this is not working. -in the basic installation there is no backup repositories -there is no manual list of mirrors =\> guys, you have already built all the tools , you can do as reliable as CPAN or CentOs