# Installing Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155 "2008-06-22T23:42:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/1 "2008-06-22T23:42:43Z")
Having a god-awful time installing Rails. I started with the instructions found on this page: [http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/11/23/ubuntu-gutsy-mysql-and-ror](http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/11/23/ubuntu-gutsy-mysql-and-ror) I get the following error: vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem install rails [sudo] password for vbfischer: Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) Updating metadata for 13 gems from [http://gems.rubyonrails.org/](http://gems.rubyonrails.org/) … complete ERROR: could not find rails locally or in a repository I’m running with Ubuntu Gutsy 8.04 LTS I have followed the instructions in this thread: [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse\_thread/thread/301950cb55487cb5/dd141cfb9563ee42](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/301950cb55487cb5/dd141cfb9563ee42) but none of the suggestions there helped. This is the output from several commands suggested in other threads: vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux] vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ gem -v 1.1.0 vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ gem environment RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.1.0 (1.1.0) - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby1.8 - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86-linux - GEM PATHS: - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - :sources =\> [“[http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)”, “http:// [gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)”] - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) - [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org) vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem sources \*\*\* CURRENT SOURCES \*\*\* [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org) vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem search rails \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ rails -v -bash: rails: command not found Any other suggestions? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/2 "2008-06-22T23:53:51Z")
Did you install gems via apt-get or aptitude? Or did you download from source? I also have an ubuntu distro and have a heck of a time getting gems and ubuntu to play nice. I blogged about it here: [http://www.rubyhomies.com/tips](http://www.rubyhomies.com/tips) HTH, Anita. ---
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/3 "2008-06-23T00:44:49Z")
Thanks for the reply Anita. I installed from source. Could it be the version I installed? I used 1.1.0, but in your article, you were installing 1.1.1 (I noticed there’s a 1.2.0 up there now)? ---
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/4 "2008-06-23T01:28:40Z")
I don’t know if it is the version or not. When did you install rubygems? I do think 1.1.1 has been available for a while. But I don’t know when exactly. And 1.2 just was released last night. I have no info on it and want to hear a review before I update my rubygems since when they break I have to do a lot of reloading of stuff. It is possible your problems have nothing to do with your gems install. It is just one of the few problems that I know something about and ubuntu is vulerable to that particular issue. Hopefully someone else on the list more knowledgeable than myself can help you from here. Cheers, Anita. ---
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/5 "2008-06-24T05:40:29Z")
Congratulations Bryce. Glad you found a solution. 🙂 Anita. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Bryce Fischer ---
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/6 "2008-06-24T05:29:23Z")
Well, someone in another group suggested downloading and installing 1.2 of Rubygems. That seemed to have worked! ---
**Author:** ![vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@vbfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vbfischer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails/141155/7 "2008-06-24T13:52:29Z")
Thanks. And thanks for your suggestions above. Now on to writing my first RoR’s app