# Rails gem download problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-gem-download-problem/182458>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 28, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-gem-download-problem/182458 "2010-01-28T14:15:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![senling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@senling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/senling)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-gem-download-problem/182458/1 "2010-01-28T14:15:20Z")

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Hi,  
I’m setting the rails environment in my windows machine.

While downloading the gems from [https://rubyforge.org/](https://rubyforge.org/), it seems very  
slow downloading  
i’m trying to download rubygem from this url :  
[http://files.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/rubygems/rubygems-update-1.3.5.gem](http://files.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/rubygems/rubygems-update-1.3.5.gem).  
this file size is 279 kb and it took 2 hours to download.

What is the problem.  
again the same downloading issue in rails gem also.

Is there any other site to download gems ?

Thanks in advance  
Senling

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**Author:** ![senling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@senling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/senling)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-gem-download-problem/182458/2 "2010-01-28T15:25:34Z")

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try to download from gemcutter

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:43 PM, senling [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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Rajeev sharma  
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**Author:** ![senling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@senling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/senling)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-gem-download-problem/182458/3 "2010-01-29T05:25:00Z")

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Yes, you saved my time.

Regards:  
senling