Error trying to download Ruby Gems on Windows

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I'm trying to download gems and every time I do I get this error:

C:\Ruby187\rubygems-1.2.0>gem install rake
ERROR: could not find gem rake locally or in a repository

I have been messing with it for two days now trying to find a solution
and I can't. Can anyone help?

here is my gem env

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-mswin32]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/Ruby187/bin/ruby.exe
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby187/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86-mswin32-60
  - GEM PATHS:
     - C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org/

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Probably remote sources (your ruby and rubygems are both old), does it work
if you do `gem sources --add http://rubygems.org/\` ?

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Tyler Z. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

I'm trying to download gems and every time I do I get this error:

C:\Ruby187\rubygems-1.2.0>gem install rake
ERROR: could not find gem rake locally or in a repository

I have been messing with it for two days now trying to find a solution
and I can't. Can anyone help?

here is my gem env

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-mswin32]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/Ruby187/bin/ruby.exe
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby187/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86-mswin32-60
  - GEM PATHS:
     - C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org/

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3

I have tried it multiple times on multiple days and it still doesn't
work.

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This is what I get when I run that line.

My Ruby is an old version because its the one that we use and I reverted
to an older ruby gems because the newest one was giving me even more
issues.

C:\Ruby187\rubygems-1.2.0>gem sources --add http://rubygems.org/
Error fetching http://rubygems.org/:
        SocketError: getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.
(http://r
ubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)

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5

Googling your error turns up

implies that if you wait a while and try again, it might work.

-Josh

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Tyler Z. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

This is what I get when I run that line.

My Ruby is an old version because its the one that we use and I reverted
to an older ruby gems because the newest one was giving me even more
issues.

C:\Ruby187\rubygems-1.2.0>gem sources --add http://rubygems.org/
Error fetching http://rubygems.org/:
        SocketError: getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.
(http://r
ubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)