Also, all the gems have real URLs... if you know the path you can wget or curl the file directly and then install locally... -Todd
On 11/3/07, Brian Sammon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone out there use rubygems over dialup? > > Am I correct in my understanding that it wants to download a 12MB index > file > > before installing anything? > > I tried to install a package, and killed rubygems after 15 minutes > because I > > was tired of waiting for it. > > Does anyone have any practical suggestions for using rubygems 0.9.4 with > a > > dialup connection? > > Okay... "gem install -l ./package.gem" is pretty fast. > > > Also, what about a progressbar feature? Is anyone working on that? > > Currently gem (0.9.4) provides no feedback about what it's doing (or if > it's > doing anything) during the 12MB download. On a dialup connection, it > looks > like gem is hung. > Perhaps this is the answer to the (currently unanswered) FAQ #3.2 > (http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/19#page96) > > > _______________________________________________ > Rubygems-developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers >
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