# Installation query!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-query/108134>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 29, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-query/108134 "2007-06-29T09:25:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ujjwal\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ujjwal\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ujjwal_T)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-query/108134/1 "2007-06-29T09:25:46Z")

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Hey all,

I tried installing Rails on Windows through Gems…

I am getting this error:

ERROR: While executing gem … Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError

```
  Getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.<SocketError>

```

Any clues on why is this error and what might be the possible  
solution…

Regards,

Ujjwal

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**Author:** ![Ujjwal\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ujjwal\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ujjwal_T)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-query/108134/2 "2007-06-29T15:05:28Z")

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On 6/29/07, Ujjwal T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ```
> Getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.<SocketError>
> 
> ```
> 
> Ujjwal  
> [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=8993&group\_id=126&atid=575](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=8993&group_id=126&atid=575)

Seems like a problem with ruby gems, though I don’t know if a newer  
version solves it. If your version of ruby and/or rubygems differs  
from ones mentioned in the bug, please add a comment.

J.

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**Author:** ![Ujjwal\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ujjwal\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ujjwal_T)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-query/108134/3 "2007-06-29T15:12:29Z")

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I am using the latest one from rubyforge.  
But I ve kinda found a solution at  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/GemRails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/GemRails)

The problem may not be with gem but it might be a Firewall issue. So I  
chose to download and install manually as given in the aforesaid link.  
Now its up and running!

Regards,  
Ujjwal