# Sudo gem update --system Takes Greater Than A Minute **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sudo-gem-update-system-takes-greater-than-a-minute/130735 "2008-03-02T21:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Puccio)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sudo-gem-update-system-takes-greater-than-a-minute/130735/1 "2008-03-02T21:22:08Z")
Hi everyone, New to ruby (on rails) in general, googled for an answer, but I can’t tell if this is normal behavior. On a new Oct-core Mac Pro, nothing else running, gem update–system takes a while, without any noticeable CPU use or harddrive use. Any idea why, or is this normal? (If I switch to a virtualized instance of linux, an apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade takes seconds at most, to give you an idea.) Full excerpt below… Thanks! Macintosh:~ brianpuccio$ time sudo gem update --system Password: Updating RubyGems… Attempting remote update of rubygems-update Successfully installed rubygems-update-1.0.1 1 gem installed Updating version of RubyGems to 1.0.1 Installing RubyGems 1.0.1 mkdir -p /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ lib/ruby/lib mkdir -p /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ lib/ruby/bin install -c -m 0644 rbconfig/datadir.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rbconfig/datadir.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/builder.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/command.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/command\_manager.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ command\_manager.rb install -c -m 0644 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-m 0644 rubygems/commands/environment\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/environment\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/fetch\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/fetch\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/generate\_index\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/generate\_index\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/help\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/help\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/install\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/install\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/list\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/list\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/lock\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/lock\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/mirror\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/mirror\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/outdated\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/outdated\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/pristine\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/pristine\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/query\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/query\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/rdoc\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/rdoc\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/search\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/search\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/server\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/server\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/sources\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/sources\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/specification\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/specification\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/uninstall\_command.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/commands/uninstall\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/unpack\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/unpack\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/update\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/update\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/commands/which\_command.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ commands/which\_command.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/config\_file.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/config\_file.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/custom\_require.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ custom\_require.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/defaults.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/dependency.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/dependency\_installer.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ dependency\_installer.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/dependency\_list.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ dependency\_list.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/digest/digest\_adapter.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ digest/digest\_adapter.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/digest/md5.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/digest/md5.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/digest/sha1.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/digest/sha1.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/digest/sha2.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/digest/sha2.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/doc\_manager.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/doc\_manager.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/exceptions.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/exceptions.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/ext/builder.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ext/builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/ext/configure\_builder.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ext/ configure\_builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/ext/ext\_conf\_builder.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ext/ ext\_conf\_builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/ext/rake\_builder.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ext/ rake\_builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/ext.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ext.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/format.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/format.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/gem\_open\_uri.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/gem\_open\_uri.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/gem\_openssl.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/gem\_openssl.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/gem\_path\_searcher.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ gem\_path\_searcher.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/gem\_runner.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/gem\_runner.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/indexer/abstract\_index\_builder.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ rubygems/indexer/abstract\_index\_builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/indexer/marshal\_index\_builder.rb /System/ Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ 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install -c -m 0644 rubygems/old\_format.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/old\_format.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/open-uri.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/open-uri.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/package.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/package.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/platform.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/platform.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/remote\_fetcher.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ remote\_fetcher.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/require\_paths\_builder.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ require\_paths\_builder.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/requirement.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/rubygems\_version.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ rubygems\_version.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/security.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/security.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/server.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/server.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/source\_index.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/source\_index.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/source\_info\_cache.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ source\_info\_cache.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/source\_info\_cache\_entry.rb /System/Library/ Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems/ source\_info\_cache\_entry.rb install -c -m 0644 rubygems/specification.rb /System/Library/ 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Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/rubygems.rb install -c -m 0644 ubygems.rb /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/lib/ubygems.rb cp gem /tmp/gem install -c -m 0755 /tmp/gem /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/bin/gem rm /tmp/gem cp update\_rubygems /tmp/update\_rubygems install -c -m 0755 /tmp/update\_rubygems /System/Library/Frameworks/ Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/bin/update\_rubygems rm /tmp/update\_rubygems rm /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/source\_cache Removing old RubyGems RDoc and ri… rm -rf /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/doc/rubygems-1.0.1 Installing rubygems-1.0.1 ri into /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/doc/ rubygems-1.0.1/ri… Installing rubygems-1.0.1 rdoc into /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/doc/ rubygems-1.0.1/rdoc… As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed. Searching $LOAD\_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)… …done. No library stubs found. RubyGems system software updated real 1m19.744s user 0m15.657s sys 0m0.751s Macintosh:~ brianpuccio$ ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Puccio)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sudo-gem-update-system-takes-greater-than-a-minute/130735/2 "2008-03-02T23:06:29Z")
Hey Brian, That is quite a system you have. ‘gem update --system’ downloads a whole slew of metadata so this is taxing your network connection more than the machine itself. And from my experience I would describe your time as “normal”. ‘apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade’ is a much different process to compare against ‘gem update --system’ it is really apples and oranges. -Bobby ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Puccio)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sudo-gem-update-system-takes-greater-than-a-minute/130735/3 "2008-03-02T23:24:43Z")
Ah, OK, so normal. This is a network bottleneck and not a CPu or RAM or harddrive bottleneck. No problem! 🙂 Thanks for the quick feedback! ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Brian\_Puccio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Puccio)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sudo-gem-update-system-takes-greater-than-a-minute/130735/4 "2008-03-03T14:32:07Z")
yes, it’s unfortunately normal. Gem slows down quite a bit during the metadata update. Unfortunately. Some of that may indeed be due to the server for ruby forge. Gem itself is a pretty cool example of ruby code worth viewing. You could always customize it.