# Unable to update gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 10, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514 "2009-03-10T19:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/1 "2009-03-10T19:17:52Z")
I am trying to update the rails using gems update, and I am getting the following error: Updating installed gems GET 304 Not Modified: [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz) Updating actionmailer GET 304 Not Modified: [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/specs.4.8.gz) Installing gem activesupport-2.2.2 ERROR: While executing gem … (RangeError) integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int’ Appreciate any help. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/2 "2009-03-10T21:25:41Z")
On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:15 , Eswar Vandanapu wrote: > integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int’ > rerun with --backtrace ---
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/3 "2009-03-10T21:33:50Z")
Ryan D. wrote: > On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:15 , Eswar Vandanapu wrote: > > > integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int’ > > rerun with --backtrace gem env would be good, too. ---
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/4 "2009-03-11T00:41:08Z")
On Mar 10, 2009, at 16:12, Eswar Vandanapu wrote: > Updating actionmailer > ERROR: While executing gem … (RangeError) > integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/ tar_reader/entry.rb:83:in`read’ gem update -V --backtrace please, this error is very strange, it seems you have a nearly 3GB tar file for actionmailer… ---
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/5 "2009-03-11T01:27:54Z")
On Mar 10, 2009, at 16:38 , Eric H. wrote: > > Updating installed gems > > Updating actionmailer > > ERROR: While executing gem … (RangeError) > > integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/ tar_reader/entry.rb:83:in`read’ > > gem update -V --backtrace please, this error is very strange, it > seems you have a nearly 3GB tar file for actionmailer… I think this is very possibly a problem with jruby… Can you test with MRI? Obviously, updating actionmailer isn’t a problem in normal cases, so some edge case is messing stuff up. Either remove netbeans or remove jruby from the equation and try again. ---
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/6 "2009-03-11T00:14:43Z")
Roger P. wrote: > Ryan D. wrote: > > > On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:15 , Eswar Vandanapu wrote: > > > > > integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int’ > > > rerun with --backtrace > > gem env would be good, too. C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.7 M2\ruby2\jruby-1.1.4\bin\>gem update –backtrace Updating installed gems Updating actionmailer ERROR: While executing gem … (RangeError) integer 2953686243 too big to convert to `int' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader/entry.rb:83:in `read’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:75:in `from_io' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:46:in `each’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar\_reader.rb:37:in `loop' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:37:in `each’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar\_input.rb:127:in `each' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:20:in `new’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar\_input.rb:126:in `each' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:46:in `each’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar\_reader.rb:37:in `loop' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb:37:in `each’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar\_input.rb:121:in `each' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:71:in `from\_io’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package/tar\_input.rb:20:in `open' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:56:in `open’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:67:in `from_io' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:51:in `from\_file\_by\_path’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:50:in `open' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/format.rb:50:in `from\_file\_by\_path’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:114:in `initialize' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:236:in `install’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency\_installer.rb:219:in `each' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:219:in `install’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/update\_command.rb:85:in `execute' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/update_command.rb:81:in `each’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/update\_command.rb:81:in `execute' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:136:in `invoke’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command\_manager.rb:105:in `process_args' C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:75:in `run’ C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_runner.rb:39:in `run’ C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.7 M2\ruby2\jruby-1.1.4\bin\gem:24 C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.7 M2\ruby2\jruby-1.1.4\bin\> C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.7 M2\ruby2\jruby-1.1.4\bin\>gem env RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.1 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-08-28 patchlevel 114) [java] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/bin/jruby.bat - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - universal-java-1.6 - GEM PATHS: - C:/Program Files/NetBeans 6.7 M2/ruby2/jruby-1.1.4/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - C:/Documents and Settings/evandana.ST-USERS/.gem/jruby/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - “install” =\> “–env-shebang” - “update” =\> “–env-shebang” - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.7 M2\ruby2\jruby-1.1.4\bin\> ---
**Author:** ![eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@eswarv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eswarv)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-update-gems/162514/7 "2009-03-11T20:59:54Z")
> I think this is very possibly a problem with jruby… Can you test > with MRI? > > Obviously, updating actionmailer isn’t a problem in normal cases, so > some edge case is messing stuff up. Either remove netbeans or remove > jruby from the equation and try again. I ran with -V, there is no additional output on console. I want to use JRuby because I am looking for Quartz and other java library integration. Will try MRI nevertheless. Thanks, Eswar Vandanapu