# Plugins/Gem Download Slow **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 29, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467 "2007-12-29T00:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/1 "2007-12-29T00:03:37Z")
Hello, I’m new to Ruby on Rails and I’m trying to install some plugins/gems, but for some reason when I go to install them it takes the script a long time to start downloading, and even when it starts downloading it seems like the downloads are being capped as they are much slower then normal internet downloads. Thanks in advance, Bryce R ---
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/2 "2007-12-29T01:20:37Z")
You didn’t provide any information about the plugin you are trying to download. I can’t help with a useful response sorry. ---
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/3 "2007-12-29T01:31:21Z")
I’ve been trying to upgrade Rails to 2.0 and I’ve also been trying to install the Google chart gem - [http://railsontherun.com/2007/12/10/google-chart-gem](http://railsontherun.com/2007/12/10/google-chart-gem) On Dec 29, 11:20 am, Chris H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/4 "2007-12-31T08:27:04Z")
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:37:09 -0800, bdude wrote: > > I’m new to Ruby on Rails and I’m trying to install some plugins/gems, > > but for some reason when I go to install them it takes the script a > > long time to start downloading, and even when it starts downloading it > > seems like the downloads are being capped as they are much slower then > > normal internet downloads. Windows or Linux? I notice that in windows gems take forever to install and sometimes seem to hang, plus consume a large proportion of system resources. -Thufir ---
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/5 "2007-12-31T06:37:49Z")
Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/6 "2007-12-31T08:55:41Z")
Mac OS X 10.5.1 ---
**Author:** ![bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bdude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gem-download-slow/124467/7 "2007-12-31T09:52:22Z")
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:54:58 +1100, Bryce R. wrote: > Mac OS X 10.5.1 I have no idea, sorry. Are you running something like “gem install foo”, or is there special mac package manager? On gentoo linux, the package manager installs the gems quickly. Could be a platform issue, maybe. But, lotsa rails developers are mac users, apparently. -Thufir