# Newbie install rail on fedora 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 8, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938 "2010-08-08T19:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogercup)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938/1 "2010-08-08T19:40:53Z")
Hi there, I’m a newbie, and would really appreciate if someone could give me a pointer to a solution to rail installation on fedora 8 below. I know Ubuntu is probably a lot easier, but I have a need to get this to work on fedora 8. * * * -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: Error installing rails: actionpack requires rack (~\> 1.1.0, runtime) -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rack -v 1.1.0 ERROR: could not find gem rack locally or in a repository -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rack Successfully installed rack-1.2.1 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for rack-1.2.1… Installing RDoc documentation for rack-1.2.1… -bash-3.2$ gem install rails -y INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: Error installing rails: actionpack requires rack (~\> 1.1.0, runtime) * * * Thank you very much, Roger L. ---
**Author:** ![rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogercup)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938/2 "2010-08-08T20:07:08Z")
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Roger L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies > -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rack -v 1.1.0 > -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rack > -bash-3.2$ gem install rails -y Uh, see any differences there? 🙂 Or to put it another way: do `sudo gem env` and `gem env` return the same results? – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogercup)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938/3 "2010-08-08T22:26:03Z")
Thanks Hassan. In my case, both commands show the same. However, I might just dig myself in a hole here. After trying a couple commands, I now have a new problem. -bash-3.2$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository -bash-3.2$ sudo gem update Updating installed gems ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) bad response Moved Permanently 301 ([RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8)) -bash-3.2$ sudo gem env RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin - 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 - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) -bash-3.2$ gem env RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin - 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 - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) Thanks, Roger L. ---
**Author:** ![rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogercup)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938/4 "2010-08-08T22:55:08Z")
fedora 8? That was my first peak. Werewolf is it? I’m on fedora 13. When I was on 12 I was able to use the rails guides to complete their tuts; but, at the time I was unaware of … a lot. How strange everything worked. Anywho. This makes sense: > **[\#200 Rails 3 Beta and RVM - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/200-rails-3-beta-and-rvm)** > > Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers. [http://railscasts.com/episodes/200-rails-3-beta-and-rvm](http://railscasts.com/episodes/200-rails-3-beta-and-rvm)This is fedora specific (not what your asking; but, still informative): > **[Setting up a Rails Server and Deploying with Capistrano on Fedora from Scratch](https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/setting-up-a-rails-server-and-deploying-with-capistrano-on-fedora-from-scratch--net-10443)** > > This article and video tutorial will teach you how to setup a basic Fedora server for Rails and PostgreSQL deployments. First, we'll setup Apache and PostgreSQL. Then, we'll use phpPgAdmin to... [http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ruby/setting-up-a-rails-server-and-deploying-with-capistrano-on-fedora-from-scratch/](http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ruby/setting-up-a-rails-server-and-deploying-with-capistrano-on-fedora-from-scratch/)I usually just su - and operate as root for all the setup stuff. Totally not answering your question; but, would like to see the answer. It would be nice if f14 and ror3 had a one command fresh start. It sounds like we need a compatibility harmony wheel… ---
**Author:** ![rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogercup)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938/5 "2010-08-09T02:01:10Z")
Thank you all. Hassan, The commands gave me other errors, but the link eventually pointed me to this page to download rubygem manually and reinstall. [http://rubygems.org/pages/download#formats](http://rubygems.org/pages/download#formats) It works fine after that. Thanks again. Roger L. ---
**Author:** ![rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rogercup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogercup)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-install-rail-on-fedora-8/192938/6 "2010-08-08T23:06:50Z")
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Roger L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > -bash-3.2$ sudo gem env > RubyGems Environment: > > - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0 Yikes, that’s old. Do this: $ sudo gem --source [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com) $ sudo gem --source [http://gemcutter.org/](http://gemcutter.org/) $ sudo gem update --system and then try your rails install again. – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan