You may be hitting a busy site and timing out. You could try re- ordering the sources listed in your .gemrc file or just add gemcutter (http://gemcutter.org/) and give that a try.
I'm not sure what to suggest for best order. For reference, here's what my .gemrc looks like right now: $ cat .gemrc --- :backtrace: false :benchmark: false :bulk_threshold: 1000 :sources: - http://gemcutter.org - http://gems.github.com - http://gems.rubyforge.org :update_sources: true :verbose: true $ On Nov 2, 10:32 pm, pierr <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to install rails on Ubuntu 8.10, and met following errors. Please > help me get through.Thanks. > > r...@pierr-desktop:~# gem install rails > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > bad response 500 > (http://gems.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/gems/actionpack-2.3.4.gem) > > #other information > r...@pierr-desktop:~# ruby -v > ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i486-linux] > r...@pierr-desktop:~# gem -v > 1.2.0 > r...@pierr-desktop:~# gem list > > *** LOCAL GEMS *** > > activerecord (2.3.4) > activesupport (2.3.4, 1.4.4) > daemons (1.0.10) > gem_plugin (0.2.3) > rack (1.0.1) > rake (0.8.7, 0.8.3) > wirble (0.1.3) > > -- > View this message in > context:http://old.nabble.com/Gem%3A%3ARemoteFetcher%3A%3AFetchErro-when-inst... > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
