# Working RubyGems on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 1, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034 "2007-10-01T19:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/1 "2007-10-01T19:44:46Z")
I really need to get RubyGems working on Windows. Versions 0.9.2, 0.9.4 and current trunk all fail. Can someone recommend a solution. Is there an old version that I can install that’s sure to work? Thanks, T. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/2 "2007-10-01T20:42:10Z")
I use it all the time on XP C:\>ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32] C:\>gem -v 0.9.4 You should describe your issue a little more. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/3 "2007-10-01T23:07:58Z")
On Oct 1, 2007, at 10:43 , Trans wrote: > I really need to get RubyGems working on Windows. Versions 0.9.2, > 0.9.4 and current trunk all fail. Can someone recommend a solution. Is > there an old version that I can install that’s sure to work? I spent many hours with Curt H. getting the one-click installer’s RubyGems working correctly. We were both satisfied by it when the last one-click shipped. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/4 "2007-10-02T04:54:44Z")
Trans wrote: > With 0.9.4… > > C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install > rubyscript2exe ERROR: While executing gem … > (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError) > > C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install > rubyscript2exe -no-http-proxy > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) > undefined method `[]=’ for #Gem::ConfigFile:0x2e2ebc0 > > With trunk: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install > rubyscript2exe > c:/ruby/bin/gem.bat:19: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner > (NameError) > > T. Something must be wrong with your Ruby or RubyGems install. I just install the 1.8.6-25 one-click-installer in a virtual of XP and everything worked fine. Here are the steps I followed. Add c:\ruby\bin to the beginning of my PATH. c:\> gem up --system (ran that twice) c:\>gem pristine --all ERROR: While executing gem … (Zlib::BufError) buffer error (followed the fix here: [http://www.nabble.com/Zlib::BufError-t4011137.html](http://www.nabble.com/Zlib::BufError-t4011137.html)) c:\>gem pristine --all (install ruby-1.8.6-p110-i386-mswin32.zip into c:\ruby) c:\>gem up -y (updates lots of win32 stuff) C:\>ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-23 patchlevel 110) [i386-mswin32] C:\>gem -v 0.9.4 One last thing - I avoid using paths with spaces. You might double-check that your PATH and all the \*.BAT files in c:\ruby\bin do _NOT_ have any paths with spaces. It works better for me - might help you. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/5 "2007-10-01T22:57:18Z")
On Oct 1, 11:40 am, dima [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I use it all the time on XP > > C:\>ruby -v > ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32] > > C:\>gem -v > 0.9.4 > > You should describe your issue a little more. I described it in the “OneClickInstaller/RubyGems” thread. But I’ll reiterate: With 0.9.4… C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install rubyscript2exe ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError) C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install rubyscript2exe -no-http-proxy ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `[]=’ for #Gem::ConfigFile:0x2e2ebc0 With trunk: C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install rubyscript2exe c:/ruby/bin/gem.bat:19: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner (NameError) T. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/6 "2007-10-02T17:03:55Z")
On Oct 1, 5:07 pm, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Oct 1, 2007, at 10:43 , Trans wrote: > > > I really need to get RubyGems working on Windows. Versions 0.9.2, > > 0.9.4 and current trunk all fail. Can someone recommend a solution. Is > > there an old version that I can install that’s sure to work? > > I spent many hours with Curt H. getting the one-click installer’s > RubyGems working correctly. We were both satisfied by it when the > last one-click shipped. I don’t know what to tell you then. It’s not working for me. I just removed everything and tried again. I downloaded the OneClickInstaller from [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org) ([http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/18566/](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/18566/) ruby186-25.exe). Installed it. And then did: C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install rubyscript2exe ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError) C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install rubyscript2exe --no-http-proxy ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `[]=’ for #Gem::ConfigFile:0x2df7864 C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem --version 0.9.2 T. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/7 "2007-10-02T17:15:03Z")
On Oct 1, 10:54 pm, Kevin W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) > > Something must be wrong with your Ruby or RubyGems install. I just > install the 1.8.6-25 one-click-installer in a virtual of XP and > everything worked fine. Here are the steps I followed. > > Add c:\ruby\bin to the beginning of my PATH. > > c:\> gem up --system > > (ran that twice) I can’t get this far b/c of: C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem up --system Updating RubyGems… ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError) C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem up --system – no-http-proxy ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `[]=’ for #Gem::ConfigFile:0x2df78f0 > From what I gather this is a Firewall issue. But I have yet to find > anyone with a solution, though the problem mentioned enough (just do a > Google search on it). Most cases it’s people trying to install Rails, > so they just end up manually installing Rails instead. If it is a > Firewall issue shouldn’t be a simple a matter of opening up the right > port? What port is it? T. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/8 "2007-10-02T18:43:38Z")
On Oct 2, 9:22 am, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > rubyscript2exe > > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) > > email with the information I’ve requested. I can not help you > > without it. Sorry. At the time I thought we had gotten past the proxy problem. I replied as requested. T. ---
**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-rubygems-on-windows/116034/9 "2007-10-02T18:23:04Z")
On Oct 2, 2007, at 08:03 , Trans wrote: > I don’t know what to tell you then. It’s not working for me. I just > removed everything and tried again. I downloaded the OneClickInstaller > from [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org) ([http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/18566/](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/18566/) > ruby186-25.exe). Installed it. And then did: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install > rubyscript2exe > ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError) I can not fix your inability to resolve the address of a hostname with any change to RubyGems. I gave you a command to run that would give me what you were trying to connect to in [ruby-talk:271292], and you never responded with the output. > C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem install > rubyscript2exe --no-http-proxy > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) > undefined method `[]=’ for #Gem::ConfigFile:0x2df7864 > > C:\Documents and Settings\Milton\My Documents\Tom\>gem --version > 0.9.2 I asked you if you were using a proxy server in [ruby-talk:271292] and you never answered that question either. I have tried to help you, but you have not responded to my requests for information. Go back to [ruby-talk:271292] and reply to that email with the information I’ve requested. I can not help you without it.