# Timeout updating system **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-updating-system/169829 "2009-06-09T11:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CainesS_Max)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-updating-system/169829/1 "2009-06-09T11:50:55Z")
Hi I’ve just installed Ruby (186-27) using the one-step installer on Windows (XP SP3). I want to install Watir, so I need to update the system. However, when I run “gen update --system” I get: Updating RubyGems WARNING: RubyGems 1.2+ index not found for: RubyGems will revert to legacy indexes degrading performance. ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) timed out ([RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/Marshal.4.8)) The output from “gem list --local” is: \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* fxri (0.3.6) fxruby (1.6.16) hpricot (0.6.164) log4r (1.0.5) ptools (1.1.6) rake (0.8.1) ruby-opengl (0.60.0) test-unit (2.0.1) win32-api (1.2.1, 1.2.0) win32-clipboard (0.4.4) win32-dir (0.3.2) win32-eventlog (0.5.0) win32-file (0.5.5) win32-file-stat (1.3.1) win32-process (0.5.9) win32-sapi (0.1.4) win32-sound (0.4.1) windows-api (0.2.4) windows-pr (0.9.3) The output from “gem env” is: RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.1 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86-mswin32-60 - GEM PATHS: - c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - U:/.gem/ruby/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) I’m on a gigabit JANET Internet link, and we have no Web proxy. I can access the URL it’s complaining about, so I’m baffled as to what’s going on. This is now the third time I’ve installed Ruby (I did uninstall each time, too), and on previous occasions I tried downloading the individual components and updateing them locally, but there are so many to update and so many dependencies that I gave up. Does anyone have any idea what’s going on? Max Caines IT Services, University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1SB Tel: 01902 322245 Fax: 01902 322777 ---
**Author:** ![CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CainesS_Max)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-updating-system/169829/2 "2009-06-10T00:11:56Z")
> I’m on a gigabit JANET Internet link, and we have no Web proxy. I can > access > the URL it’s complaining about, so I’m baffled as to what’s going on. > This > is now the third time I’ve installed Ruby (I did uninstall each time, > too), > and on previous occasions I tried downloading the individual components > and > updateing them locally, but there are so many to update and so many > dependencies that I gave up. Does anyone have any idea what’s going on? For some reason rubygems times out for me at times, too. I’d recommend just downloading the latest rubygems code and installing it. -=r ---
**Author:** ![CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CainesS_Max)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-updating-system/169829/3 "2009-06-10T00:23:53Z")
On Jun 9, 2009, at 02:50, Caines, Max wrote: > I’ve just installed Ruby (186-27) using the one-step installer on > Windows (XP SP3). I want to install Watir, so I need to update the > system. However, when I run “gen update --system” I get: > > Updating RubyGems > WARNING: RubyGems 1.2+ index not found for: > > RubyGems will revert to legacy indexes degrading performance. > ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > timed out ([RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/Marshal.4.8)) What does `gem update -V --system` say? ---
**Author:** ![CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@CainesS\_Max](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CainesS_Max)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-updating-system/169829/4 "2009-06-10T10:25:51Z")
> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric H. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] > Sent: 09 June 2009 23:23 > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: Re: Timeout updating system > > What does `gem update -V --system` say? It says: C:\Ruby\bin\>gem update -V --system Updating RubyGems connection reset after 1 requests, retrying connection reset after 1 requests, retrying connection reset after 2 requests, retrying connection reset after 1 requests, retrying connection reset after 2 requests, retrying connection reset after 1 requests, retrying ERROR: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) does not appear to be a repository ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) too many connection resets ([RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml)) Thanks Max