Issue installing gems on windows 7 with proxy

Question

I am trying to install ruby on windows 7 behind a proxy.

I have looked at various forums and have set (i think) the http_proxy successfully (see below)

SET HTTP_PROXY=http:username:password@http://proxyhere.com:8080

however, i now get the following error trying to install a gem:

SocketError: getaddrinfo: No such host is known.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The HTTP_PROXY syntax needs to be URI:

SET HTTP_PROXY=scheme://user:pass@host:port/path

scheme could be http or https and on some cases path could be absent.

No browser (or RubyGems) will accept as valid URL the one you provided.

So in your case:

SET HTTP_PROXY=http://username:[email protected]:8080/

Hope that helps