# Installation Problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/168831>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 26, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/168831 "2009-05-26T15:06:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sushrut)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/168831/1 "2009-05-26T15:06:01Z")

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At the time of installation of rails 2.3.2  
it gives an error

ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)  
SocketError reading [http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/rake-0.8.7.gem](http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/rake-0.8.7.gem)

actually i want to install rails 2.2.2. ON WINDOWS  
Plz help!!!

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**Author:** ![sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sushrut)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem/168831/2 "2009-05-26T15:10:58Z")

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On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Sushrut S. \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> At the time of installation of rails 2.3.2  
> it gives an error
> 
> ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)  
> SocketError reading [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/rake-0.8.7.gem)
> 
> actually i want to install rails 2.2.2. ON WINDOWS  
> Plz help!!!

On Windows, you’ll have to do the following in the dos prompt:

gem install rails -v 2.2.2

-Conrad