# Ruby and rails just hangs -- Help!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-just-hangs-help/68427>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-just-hangs-help/68427 "2006-09-12T16:57:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-just-hangs-help/68427/1 "2006-09-12T16:57:14Z")

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if i do gem update rails --include-dependencies

it just sits there for hours

if i run Webrick it just hangs Ctrl-C does nothing

after i do the Webrick command and i go to [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) i  
get nothing…

I’m running Instant Rails 1.3a in windows xp…

Apache and mysql start fine…

normal scripts run fine like

Rails demo

ruby script/generate controller say

but Webrick and Gem don’t work at all. Ive downloaded instant rails 3  
times…

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-just-hangs-help/68427/2 "2006-09-12T17:17:16Z")

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what does

gem install rake

do?

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-just-hangs-help/68427/3 "2006-09-12T17:39:19Z")

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repent, reboot, retry?