Jeff, After you have the gem copied to your machine, you can run this command: gem install watir --local where the "--local" will only look for the gem to install on your local machine.
Thanks, Al Snow Agile Software Automation Architect Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alsnow Google Talk: jasnow1 Twitter: jasnow > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:12:21 -0800 > Subject: [wtr-general] installing watir behind a firewall on Windows > From: jeffrey.fl...@gmail.com > To: watir-general@googlegroups.com > > I am not able to install watir on Windows either by using the > HTTP_PROXY environmental variable, nor by using the -p option for gem > install. My firewall is password protected, so I get a 407 error. > > I resorted to zipping up the cache directory from a machine that is > not behind a firewall(C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\cache) and copying the > zip file to the machine that is behind the firewall. > > Now, I need help with the right gem install command to get this local > cache to be recognized. > > I appreciate it! > > Jeff > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Liveā¢: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---