# Trouble installing ruby-debug **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 10, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403 "2008-04-10T15:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/1 "2008-04-10T15:17:57Z")
I have installed ruby-debug several times without any problems, but am running into one when rebuilding my system. I am typing in the following command to install it as root: gem install ruby-debug -y I keep getting the following response: INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError: bad response Not Found 404 reading [http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/linecache-0.4.gem](http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/linecache-0.4.gem) Now went to the URL indicated above and sure enough the linecache-0.4.gem does not exist. linecache-0.1.gem through linecache-0.3.gem exist however. Is this a problem in the gem installer? gem --version indicates a gem version of 1.1.0. Any ideas anyone? Thanks. Bharat ---
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/2 "2008-04-10T15:40:48Z")
try installing the sources gem first, and the rubyforge one… it might help On Apr 10, 4:17 pm, Bharat R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/3 "2008-04-10T16:03:52Z")
I am sorry but I don’t understand what do you mean when you say “try installing the sources gem first, and the rubyforge one… it might help” - How do I do that? Bharat ---
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/4 "2008-04-10T16:42:04Z")
Follow up questions: 1. I found that the gem install ruby-debug -y command had installed: ruby-debug-0.10.1 and ruby-debug-base-0.10.1. I thought that the most recent version of ruby-debug was 0.9.3? Why did it install 0.10.1 then? 2. I am trying to install ruby-debug-ide which gives me the following response: ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug-ide: ruby-debug-ide requires ruby-debug-base (= 0.10.0) Please advise. Bharat ---
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/5 "2008-04-10T16:13:18Z")
Apoligies for not thinking through and investigating. Based on your suggestion, here is what I did. gem install sources then gem install ruby-debug -y And everything worked fine. A bit of educational question however, what exactly is the function of sources gem? Thanks again. Bharat ---
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/6 "2008-04-10T21:13:50Z")
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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/7 "2008-04-10T22:33:25Z")
Thanks Tim. Works. ---
**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-ruby-debug/134403/8 "2008-04-10T21:09:09Z")
Bharat R.: ruby-debug-0.10.1 appears to be a broken release. I posted some instructions at the top of here on how to roll back to 0.10.0: [http://code.leadmediapartners.com/tools/rubyamp](http://code.leadmediapartners.com/tools/rubyamp) (i’ll remove the instructions when the problem is resolved, for those of you who stumble upon this message after the fact) Tim On Apr 10, 8:42 am, Bharat R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)