# Installing merb - connection reset, retrying, connection reset, retrying

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-merb-connection-reset-retrying-connection-reset-retrying/189080>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 24, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-merb-connection-reset-retrying-connection-reset-retrying/189080 "2010-05-24T07:18:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-merb-connection-reset-retrying-connection-reset-retrying/189080/1 "2010-05-24T07:18:29Z")

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This is my output. I don’t know what to do to make this work. I have  
installed other gems without any problems.

Suggestions?

debian:/home/kevin# gem source -a [http://www.rubygems.org](http://www.rubygems.org)  
[http://www.rubygems.org](http://www.rubygems.org) added to sources  
debian:/home/kevin# gem install merb -V  
GET 302 Found: [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)  
GET 304 Not Modified:  
[http://production.s3.rubygems.org/latest\_specs.4.8.gz](http://production.s3.rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)  
GET 301 Moved Permanently: [http://www.rubygems.org/latest\_specs.4.8.gz](http://www.rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)  
GET 302 Found: [http://rubygems.org/latest\_specs.4.8.gz](http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)  
GET 304 Not Modified:  
[http://production.s3.rubygems.org/latest\_specs.4.8.gz](http://production.s3.rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)  
GET 302 Found: [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/specs.4.8.gz)  
GET 304 Not Modified: [http://production.s3.rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz](http://production.s3.rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)  
connection reset after 2 requests, retrying  
GET 301 Moved Permanently: [http://www.rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz](http://www.rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)  
connection reset after 2 requests, retrying

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**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-merb-connection-reset-retrying-connection-reset-retrying/189080/2 "2010-05-24T07:27:51Z")

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I did  
gem update --system  
This seems to have fixed the problem. Who knows 🙂