more info: $ sudo rm /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/activerecord-2.3.5.gem $ sudo gem update rails --debug -V Exception `NameError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:161 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UpdateCommand Exception `Gem::LoadError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems.rb:827 - Could not find RubyGem test-unit (>= 0)
Updating installed gems GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz GET 200 OK: http://gems.github.com/latest_specs.4.8.gz Updating rails GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/rails-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/rake-0.8.7.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/specs.4.8.gz Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135 - end of file reached Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached connection reset after 2 requests, retrying GET 200 OK: http://gems.github.com/specs.4.8.gz Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135 - end of file reached Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached connection reset after 5 requests, retrying GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activesupport-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activerecord-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/actionpack-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/actionmailer-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activeresource-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activesupport-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activesupport-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/rack-1.0.0.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/rack-1.0.1.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/actionpack-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activesupport-2.3.5.gemspec.rz Installing gem activerecord-2.3.5 Exception `Gem::Package::FormatError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/ 1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:110 - No metadata found! Exception `Gem::InstallError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/installer.rb:121 - invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/ gems/1.8/cache/activerecord-2.3.5.gem ERROR: Error installing rails: invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/ activerecord-2.3.5.gem Nothing to update $ sudo rm /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/activerecord-2.3.5.gem $ sudo gem install activerecord ERROR: Error installing activerecord: invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/ activerecord-2.3.5.gem [22:09][jonat...@jsl:~/rails/jqui]$ sudo rm /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/ 1.8/cache/activerecord-2.3.5.gem [22:09][jonat...@jsl:~/rails/jqui]$ sudo gem install activerecord ERROR: Error installing activerecord: invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/ activerecord-2.3.5.gem [22:11][jonat...@jsl:~/rails/jqui]$ sudo rm /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/ 1.8/cache/activerecord-2.3.5.gem Password: [22:21][jonat...@jsl:~/rails/jqui]$ sudo gem install activerecord -- debug -V Exception `NameError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:161 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand Exception `Gem::LoadError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems.rb:827 - Could not find RubyGem test-unit (>= 0) GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz GET 200 OK: http://gems.github.com/latest_specs.4.8.gz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activerecord-2.3.5.gemspec.rz GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/specs.4.8.gz Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135 - end of file reached Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached connection reset after 2 requests, retrying GET 200 OK: http://gems.github.com/specs.4.8.gz Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135 - end of file reached Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached connection reset after 4 requests, retrying GET 200 OK: http://gems.rubyforge.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/activesupport-2.3.5.gemspec.rz Installing gem activerecord-2.3.5 Downloading gem activerecord-2.3.5.gem GET 302 Found: http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/activerecord-2.3.5.gem Exception `EOFError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135 - end of file reached GET 200 OK: http://s3.amazonaws.com/gemcutter_production/gems/activerecord-2.3.5.gem Exception `Gem::Package::FormatError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/ 1.8/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb:110 - No metadata found! Exception `Gem::InstallError' at /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/installer.rb:121 - invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/ gems/1.8/cache/activerecord-2.3.5.gem ERROR: Error installing activerecord: invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/ activerecord-2.3.5.gem On Dec 6, 10:15 pm, linoj <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a similar problem, on osx updating rails > > $ sudo gem update --system > $ sudo gem update rails > ERROR: Error installing rails: > invalid gem format for /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/ > activerecord-2.3.5.gem > > I've tried deleting the file, doing gem install vs update, etc and > still get this error. > > On Dec 1, 2:14 pm, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been trying to upgrade InstantRails2.0 to a more recent version > > of rails. I've updated gem to version 1.3.5. When I do a simple 'gem > > update rails', I got the 'Invalid gem format' error for > > activesupport-2.3.5.gem. After researching it and finding a couple > > threads here, I tried to delete this gem from the cache. Still didn't > > work, it just got re-loaded when installing rails. I tried going to > > version 2.3.3 of rails, since I don't need the latest and greatest, > > and a thread here suggested a problem in the latest repository. > > > I tried manually downloading the activesupport-2.3.3.gem and > > installing from that local downloaded gem. This appeared to work, so > > I downloaded rails-2.3.3.gem and tried to install this local copy. I > > continue to get the 'invalid gem format' for a different gem each > > time. Each time I manually download and 'gem install local' the > > version that last reported the error, and each time I get the 'invalid > > gem format' for another gem. > > > What's the root problem? I've just finally got rails 2.3.3 to install, > > but I need to do this on another machine as well, and am really not > > looking forward to doing this process again. -- 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.

