# Problem in installing Rails :(

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 9, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849 "2005-12-09T06:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naive)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849/1 "2005-12-09T06:17:44Z")

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## Hi All, I am trying to install Rails on Windows XP Home edition. I have downloaded RubyGems 0.8.11 . And when i open command prompt and goto c:\ruby\bin and type gem install rails --include-dependencies i get the following error message.

## Local gem file not found: rails\*.gem Attempting remote installation of ‘rails’ Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge](http://gems.rubyforge). ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::E10022) An invalid argument was supplied. - connect(2)

What is the problem? Please enlighten me? Any help or comments will be  
highly appreciated.  
Thanks again.  
-Naive

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**Author:** ![Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naive)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849/2 "2005-12-09T09:02:03Z")

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Anybody Please…

Naive wrote:

> ## Hi All, I am trying to install Rails on Windows XP Home edition. I have downloaded RubyGems 0.8.11 . And when i open command prompt and goto c:\ruby\bin and type gem install rails --include-dependencies i get the following error message.
> 
> ## Local gem file not found: rails\*.gem Attempting remote installation of ‘rails’ Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge](http://gems.rubyforge). ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::E10022) An invalid argument was supplied. - connect(2)

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**Author:** ![Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naive)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849/3 "2005-12-09T14:34:21Z")

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Naive—

You might try reading over this wiki article about installing Rails

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsOnWindows](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsOnWindows)

Thanks,  
~d

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**Author:** ![Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naive)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849/4 "2005-12-09T15:39:53Z")

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> Local gem file not found: rails\*.gem  
> Attempting remote installation of ‘rails’  
> Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge](http://gems.rubyforge).  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::E10022)  
> An invalid argument was supplied. - connect(2)

Please try :

C:\>c:\ruby\bin\ruby c:\ruby\bin\gem install rails  
–include-dependencies

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**Author:** ![Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naive)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849/5 "2005-12-09T16:59:09Z")

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I tried that as well, didn’t work ☹  
Thanks anyways…

mathieu.chappuis.lists wrote:

> > Local gem file not found: rails\*.gem  
> > Attempting remote installation of ‘rails’  
> > Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge](http://gems.rubyforge).  
> > ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::E10022)  
> > An invalid argument was supplied. - connect(2)
> 
> Please try :
> 
> C:\>c:\ruby\bin\ruby c:\ruby\bin\gem install rails  
> –include-dependencies

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**Author:** ![Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@Naive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naive)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rails/49849/6 "2005-12-09T16:57:32Z")

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Thanks mdamonhill,  
I did read that article,however, of no use.  
thanks.  
mdamonhill wrote:

> Naive—
> 
> You might try reading over this wiki article about installing Rails
> 
> [Peak Obsession](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsOnWindows)
> 
> Thanks,  
> ~d