# Newbie installation problem: gem \[command\] --remote

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-installation-problem-gem-command-remote/52920>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 20, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-installation-problem-gem-command-remote/52920 "2006-01-20T11:20:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-installation-problem-gem-command-remote/52920/1 "2006-01-20T11:20:50Z")

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Hi, i am a newbie to RoR. I downloaded Ruby 1.8.2-15 Windows installer  
yesterday and trying to install following Curt H.’ Rolling with Ruby  
on Rails([Radar – O’Reilly](http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html)). My  
OS is Win XP SP2 and the 1st step installation was fine.

D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\>ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32]

Next I was going to install rails remotely, but seems all the gem  
command with --remote didn’t work. Here is the error message:

D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\>gem install rails --remote --debug

D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\>“D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\ruby.exe” “D:\rg\xa  
mpp\ruby\bin\gem” install rails --remote --debug  
Exception `Errno::ENOENT' at D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubyg ems/config_file.rb:12 - No such file or directory - C:\Documents and Settings\Da niel/.gemrc Attempting remote installation of 'rails' Exception `Errno::ENOENT’ at  
D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:82  
1 - No such file or directory -  
D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/source\_  
cache  
Exception `EOFError' at D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/r emote_installer.rb:222 - End of file reached Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org Exception `Errno::EINVAL’ at  
D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb  
:197 - Invalid argument  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::EINVAL)  
Invalid argument  
removing D:/Temp/open-uri1844.0…done

D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\>gem list --remote --debug

D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\>“D:\rg\xampp\ruby\bin\ruby.exe” “D:\rg\xa  
mpp\ruby\bin\gem” list --remote --debug  
Exception `Errno::ENOENT’ at  
D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubyg  
ems/config\_file.rb:12 - No such file or directory - C:\Documents and  
Settings\Da  
niel/.gemrc

\*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\*  
Exception `EOFError' at D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/r emote_installer.rb:222 - End of file reached Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org Exception `Errno::EINVAL’ at  
D:/rg/xampp/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb  
:197 - Invalid argument  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::EINVAL)  
Invalid argument  
removing D:/Temp/open-uri3952.0…done

The ZoneAlarm firewall was turned off already. Anybody know what’s wrong  
with my configration? Thanks in advance.

Daniel