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Question 828421 asked similar question, but received only one real answer (update rubygems) and that attempt results in the same error.
Ruby version 1.9.1.p243 on Windows. Included Gem, version 1.3.5. Never installed any gems before; never did any special config for this Ruby. Ruby itself works, as does irb, and "gem" operates but can't do install (and maybe other ops).
Tried this (from a book):
gem install rspec
Got this:
ERROR: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ does not appear to be a repository
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) SocketError: getaddrinfo: The storage control blocks were destroyed. (http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml)
When I go to that URL (without "yaml") using MSIE7, I get a page titled "Gemcutter | awesome gem hosting" and have no problem wandering around that site. So I don't -think- it's a proxy problem (though this is all from inside corporate firewall/proxies/etc).
When I go to that URL -with- "yaml", it goes to "http://production.s3.rubygems.org/yaml" and shows what I assume is an update specification page, starting with this: --- !ruby/object:Gem::SourceIndex
I didn't destroy any "storage control blocks". So what is preventing gem from installing a gem?
Web search shows MANY people having this same problem over a long span of time, but I have yet to see anyone say "It's because of THIS, so do THIS to fix it." Well, someone suggested updating "gem", but trying that gets same error.
Help please?
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When you use the --user-install option, RubyGems will install the gems to a directory inside your home directory, something like ~/. gem/ruby/1.9. 1 . The commands provided by the gems you installed will end up in ~/.
Open up the 'Software Center' app from your launcher and type in `RubyGems` without quotes into the application search box at the top right, and press [enter]. RubyGems then can be installed by just clicking on the button labeled 'Install', thats it.
Note that you need an account at RubyGems.org to do this. From the main menu, select Tools | Gem | Push Gem. In the Run tool window, specify your RubyGems credentials. Your gem will be published to RubyGems.org.
Your browser might be using system-wide proxy settings or some sort of automatic configuration. The gem command probably doesn't. I'm behind an university proxy and I can't install/update any gems normally, but can access everything with my browser. To install gems, I normally create a tunnel to my server so I can bypass the proxy server.
This might help you to configure the proxy settings for the gem command: How do I update Ruby Gems from behind a Proxy (ISA-NTLM)
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