Installation issue with Ruby gems on Ubuntu 8.04

Ruby
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Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 … while installing i got
the following error.

$wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38646/rubygems-1.2.0.tgz

Error : Name or service could not be resolved

Could you any one help on this …

Thanks in advance.

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Santosh D. wrote:

Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 … while installing i got
the following error.

$wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38646/rubygems-1.2.0.tgz

Error : Name or service could not be resolved

Could you any one help on this …

Thanks in advance.

That’s an old version. The latest one is 1.3.7 and can be downloaded
from http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz

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Dimitri De Frenne wrote:

Santosh D. wrote:

Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 … while installing i got
the following error.

$wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38646/rubygems-1.2.0.tgz

Error : Name or service could not be resolved

Could you any one help on this …

Thanks in advance.

That’s an old version. The latest one is 1.3.7 and can be downloaded
from http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz

Hi have try to download the new version

$wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz

but still i am getting same error

unable to resolve rubyforge.org : Name or service could not be resolved
( Socket error)

Any ideas :slight_smile:

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On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Santosh D. [email protected]
wrote:

but still i am getting same error

unable to resolve rubyforge.org : Name or service could not be resolved
( Socket error)

Any ideas :slight_smile:

Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Ubuntu has a package manager called Synaptic that I think should do this
for
you. I’ve definitely installed Ruby through it, but that was so long ago
that I can’t remember if it worked for rubygems.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

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Josh C. wrote:

Ubuntu has a package manager called Synaptic that I think should do this
for
you. I’ve definitely installed Ruby through it, but that was so long ago
that I can’t remember if it worked for rubygems.
SynapticHowto - Community Help Wiki
The Rubygems-package for Ubuntu has some problems with it (or used to
have at least) so the best way is to install it from the source
directly.

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That sounds more like a problem with your Internet connection than
anything else.
Can you visit rubyforge.org in your browser?
Angus

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Dimitri De Frenne wrote:

Josh C. wrote:

Ubuntu has a package manager called Synaptic that I think should do this
for
you. I’ve definitely installed Ruby through it, but that was so long ago
that I can’t remember if it worked for rubygems.
SynapticHowto - Community Help Wiki
The Rubygems-package for Ubuntu has some problems with it (or used to
have at least) so the best way is to install it from the source
directly.

i working on Ubuntu 8.04 and UI is not available… and i am new to
linux :frowning: …

if possible Could please send me list of commands to install the package
manager …

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Santosh D. wrote:

Dimitri De Frenne wrote:

Josh C. wrote:

Ubuntu has a package manager called Synaptic that I think should do this
for
you. I’ve definitely installed Ruby through it, but that was so long ago
that I can’t remember if it worked for rubygems.
SynapticHowto - Community Help Wiki
The Rubygems-package for Ubuntu has some problems with it (or used to
have at least) so the best way is to install it from the source
directly.

i working on Ubuntu 8.04 and UI is not available… and i am new to
linux :frowning: …

if possible Could please send me list of commands to install the package
manager …

I have installed Curl to the download the file …

i used the command

$ curl wget
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz | tar
-xzv

but the error is Could not resolve the host ‘Rubyforge.org’

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On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Santosh D. [email protected]
wrote:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70696/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz | tar
-xzv

but the error is Could not resolve the host ‘Rubyforge.org’

That looks like your DNS lookup is failing; check your nameserver
configuration.

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I have installed SYNAPTIC… but still i am unable to download the
rubygems file

can you please help

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On Jun 2, 4:35 am, Santosh D. [email protected] wrote:

–
Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

The link you provide is reachable (even if it is an old version, as
pointed out previously). You are facing a DNS lookup issue.

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Hi Santosh,
   Editing /etc/resolv.conf should get you started.
You can put the following entries in the file (opendns servers) in the
file.

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Regards,

Luke

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Eduardo Mucelli R. Oliveira wrote:

On Jun 2, 4:35�am, Santosh D. [email protected] wrote:

–
Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

The link you provide is reachable (even if it is an old version, as
pointed out previously). You are facing a DNS lookup issue.

Do i need to edit resolv.conf file or anything …

can you please sugesst what could be done in this regard
?

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Luke Chadwick wrote:

Hi Santosh,
   Editing /etc/resolv.conf should get you started.
You can put the following entries in the file (opendns servers) in the
file.

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Regards,

Luke

Ma

Hi Luke,

Thanks for the reply … may i know what are those IP’s refers to .