# What's wrong in install dbi-0.4.3.gem?

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-in-install-dbi-0-4-3-gem/179598 "2009-11-30T03:58:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![wangxin\_46853](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/59ef9b/32.png) [@wangxin\_46853](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wangxin_46853)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-in-install-dbi-0-4-3-gem/179598/1 "2009-11-30T03:58:58Z")

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Dear all

I try to install gem dbi-0.4.3.gem in Windows. But I get errors as  
follows.  
Can anyone tell me what is the matter and how to solve it?  
Thank you so much.

D:\softwares\Ruby\>gem install dbi-0.4.3.gem  
ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError)  
Error instaling dbi-0.4.3.gem:  
dbi requires deprecated \>= 2.0.0

D:\softwares\Ruby\>ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]

D:\softwares\Ruby\>gem env  
RubyGems Environment:

- VERSION: 0.9.4 (0.9.4)
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- GEM PATH:
  - d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

- REMOTE SOURCES:
  - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)

Your Sincerely  
James Wang

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**Author:** ![wangxin\_46853](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/59ef9b/32.png) [@wangxin\_46853](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wangxin_46853)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-in-install-dbi-0-4-3-gem/179598/2 "2009-11-30T05:45:32Z")

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On 2009-11-30 10:58, wangxin 46853 wrote:

> D:\softwares\Ruby\>gem install dbi-0.4.3.gem  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError)  
> Error instaling dbi-0.4.3.gem:  
> dbi requires deprecated\>= 2.0.0

$ gem install dbi  
Successfully installed deprecated-2.0.1  
Successfully installed dbi-0.4.3  
2 gems installed  
Installing ri documentation for deprecated-2.0.1…  
Installing ri documentation for dbi-0.4.3…  
Updating ri class cache with 3310 classes…  
Installing RDoc documentation for deprecated-2.0.1…  
Installing RDoc documentation for dbi-0.4.3…

The dbi-0.4.3 requires deprecated-2.0.0 or above. It was installed  
automatically for me as above (on linux)

Maybe you need to install deprecated-2.0.1 manually?
