# Stuck While "Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 26, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stuck-while-bulk-updating-gem-source-index-for-http-gems/107762 "2007-06-26T00:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isarian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@Isarian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Isarian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stuck-while-bulk-updating-gem-source-index-for-http-gems/107762/1 "2007-06-26T00:50:57Z")
Hi all, I have a small server which I want to get Ruby on Rails working on. I’ve installed Ruby and RubyGems, but when I try to install any package through RubyGems, the server load climbs out of control, and the install process (sudo ruby install rails) which has been running for more than three hours now appears to have gotten nowhere. Is the server just not able to handle Ruby properly? Is there a way to manually update the source index? Thanks! -Isarian ---
**Author:** ![Isarian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@Isarian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Isarian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stuck-while-bulk-updating-gem-source-index-for-http-gems/107762/2 "2007-06-27T20:34:42Z")
On Jun 25, 2007, at 15:50, Isarian wrote: > I have a small server which I want to get Ruby on Rails working on. > I’ve installed Ruby and RubyGems, but when I try to install any > package through RubyGems, the server load climbs out of control, and > the install process (sudo ruby install rails) which has been running > for more than three hours now appears to have gotten nowhere. Is the > server just not able to handle Ruby properly? Is there a way to > manually update the source index? If you’ve got limited memory, you should use capistrano and vendor/ and deploy your entire environment rather than trying to install everything by hand. Small memory slices aren’t meant for traditional development. ---
**Author:** ![Isarian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@Isarian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Isarian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stuck-while-bulk-updating-gem-source-index-for-http-gems/107762/3 "2007-06-29T16:54:41Z")
On 6/28/07, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > and deploy your entire environment rather than trying to install > > I have a small server which I want to get Ruby on Rails working on. > Thanks! > > -Isarian Stuck While “Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)” While doing “sudo gem install any\_gem” I am experiencing the same problem on my recently installed Ubuntu-Fiesty: Linux prasad-desktop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Because of the hint about memory I found that my swap is not enabled. Googling revealed a bug and some fixes. $ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 223636 215352 8284 0 1276 83788 -/+ buffers/cache: 130288 93348 What worked for me to solve this problem is editing the /etc/fstab and replacing the swap partition line UUID=b4e51f53-5be6-4536-8668-02923d8b3c59: none swap sw 0 0 with: /dev/hdc5 none swap sw 0 0 and rebooting Thanks to both of you Prasad