# Rails installation problem on windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-problem-on-windows/146638>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 23, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-problem-on-windows/146638 "2008-08-23T12:00:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fzacharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@fzacharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fzacharia)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-problem-on-windows/146638/1 "2008-08-23T12:00:52Z")

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Hi  
I installed ruby and mysql .And when tried from prompt  
gem install rails --include-dependencies  
it gives the error

ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)  
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not  
properly res  
pond after a period of time, or established connection failed because  
connected  
host has failed to respond. - connect(2)(Errno::ETIMEDOUT)  
Please help

Felix

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**Author:** ![fzacharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@fzacharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fzacharia)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-problem-on-windows/146638/2 "2008-08-23T15:53:18Z")

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On Aug 23, 12:00 pm, Felix Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> host has failed to respond. - connect(2)(Errno::ETIMEDOUT)  
> Please help
> 
> ## Felix
> 
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

It could be that you have a firewall blocking the connection or  
similar.  
Try to open it up for gem.

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**Author:** ![fzacharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@fzacharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fzacharia)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-problem-on-windows/146638/3 "2008-08-25T06:31:30Z")

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Just do  
set http\_proxy=http://ipaddress:port