On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Frederick Cheung < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Apr 20, 11:41 am, rubynewbie <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 20, 12:46 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On 20 Apr 2011, at 08:25, rubynewbie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Would appreciate a workaround for this. > > > > > Do the install on a non hobbled computer and then copy the gems across > ? > > > > Do i have to locate the gem files manually in order to zip them > > into a single file to be installed elsewhere? Say i run "gem > > dependency -r rails" which > > returns me a list of say 100 gems. These gems are located in a > > directory where there are already 1000 gem files which includes these > > Rails and its dependent files also. Do I have to browse through the > > file system manually to locate these 100 rails dependent gem > > files(from the already existing 1000 files) in order to package/zip > > them into a single file? Wouldn't that be painful? Is there an > > automated way of packaging the gem files which would take the output > > from "gem dependency -r rails" and package them into a single file? > Another thought which you might want to try is create a linux (i.e. ubuntu) vm (virtual box is free). And then you can just get virtual box at your work and then copy the file over. I would say though that you have a bit of a rough road ahead if you plan to happily develop using rails at a company which ties your hands on your dev machine, as whenever you need another gem, to update gems, etc you have the same problem. Aside though, what Frederick says about rvm may also work out, just given the caveat above. > > > > One way way would be to use rvm and work with a fresh gemset, that > gemset would only contain the gems installed during this process. > > With bundler you can also do bundle package which will copy all of the > apps gems into vendor/cache although apparently this doesn't handle > dependencies from git repositories. Your Gemfile.lock also includes a > list of all your dependencies. > > > Fred > > > > > Thanks for taking the time to answer. Much appreciated. > > > > (rubygems stashes a copy of the .gem files somewhere if my memory is > > correct). You could also run gem server on this hypothetical machine > > with the gems installed - this spawns a server capable of serving > > gems, you'd just need to tell your ruby install to use it with the gem > > sources command > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fred > > > > > > On Apr 19, 1:58 pm, rubynewbie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Thanks Bryan. I tried this as well as Using a Fiddler as a proxy. > But > > > >> I found that the downloads are being blocked based on the content by > > > >> the firewall. Generally arbitrary Software Downloads are not > permitted > > > >> in my company. > > > >> Theres a separate department which manages Software Downloads > > > >> based on requests they get for it and they provide us with the > > > >> installables. I have to approach them. But just worried how am I > going > > > >> to explain the Rails packaging / installation procedure to them in > > > >> order for them to give me a Zip file that has all Rails and its > > > >> dependent gems. I think I may have to give up. > > > >> Wouldn't it be great if Rails has all the gems bundled into a > > > >> single archived file available for download? Thats how most > Softwares > > > >> like Netbeans, Eclipse,Glassfish, JBOSS, Apache, MySQL, Postgre SQL > , > > > >> etc are all delivered. This need not be at the cost doing away with > > > >> RubyGems installer and the benefits that come with it. Its just > about > > > >> having the archived Rails and its dependencies available for > download > > > >> in the Rails site. > > > >> Is there a way I can take this as a request to the guys in > charge > > > >> of Rails? > > > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> S > > > > > >> On Apr 19, 12:51 am, Bryan Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM, rubynewbie < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > >>>> The problem is not inclusion of http:// in the URL(I tried > without > > > >>>> that). On the contrary I suspect the reason to be on how to > specify > > > >>>> the domain in the URL. Is my way of specifying the domain right? > > > > > >>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Desktop>gem install rails -v 3.0.1 > -p > > > >>>>http://MYDOMAIN\myUserID:MyPassword@MyProxy:Port > > > > > >>> I found this on StackOverflow where there were discussing setting > the > > > >>> http-proxy environment variable for ISA to install a gem on Windows > from > > > >>> behind a proxy. I don't think you need the domain if your admin has > > > >>> specified a default one to authenticate against. However if they > have not, > > > >>> one of the comments suggested URI encoding the backslash. So you > new string > > > >>> would look like this: > > > > > >>>http://MYDOMAIN<http://mydomain/>%5myUserID:MyPassword@MyProxy:Port > > > > > >>> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4418/how-do-i-update-ruby-gems-fro... > > > > > >>> B. > > > > > >>>> Thanks, > > > > > >>>> S > > > > > >>>> On Apr 18, 6:42 pm, Bryan Crossland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >>>>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:58 AM, rubynewbie < > [email protected] > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > > > >>>>>> I am new to Rails and have been facing difficulty while > installing > > > >>>>>> rails. I have already installed Ruby and RubyGems on my machine > by > > > >>>>>> downloading the packages. But when I install Rails through > RubyGems > > > >>>>>> through a HTTP Proxy , I am thrown an error. Below is the > details of > > > >>>>>> the command and the exception i am getting : > > > > > >>>>>> Command Executed : > > > >>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Desktop>gem install rails -v > 3.0.1 -p > > > >>>>>>http://mydomain\myUserID:MyPassword@MyProxy:Port > > > > > >>>>>> Error thrown : > > > > > >>>>>> ERROR: While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidArgument) > > > >>>>>> invalid argument: > -phttp://myDomain\MyUserID:MyPassword@MyProxy:80 > > > > > >>>>>> Please note that mydomain is the domain to which my User ID > belongs. > > > >>>>>> The authentication is ISA i believe. > > > > > >>>>>> Would appreciate some help in this. > > > > > >>>>>> Thanks in advance > > > > > >>>>>> S > > > > > >>>>> Since you are calling an http proxy I don't think you need to > specify > > > >>>>> http:// on the URL. I could be wrong. I don't have a proxy to > test > > > >>>> against > > > >>>>> to confirm this. > > > > > >>>>> B. > > > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> 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. > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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