[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2011-05-04 Thread Roger Pack
for followers, upgrading to a newer version of rubygems (which required 1.8.7) fixed it for me. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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 rubyonrails-

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-19 Thread Sébastien Clément
Sharagoz -- wrote: >> HOMEDRIVE=P: > Your problem is probably there. > Run "set HOMEDRIVE=C:" > To verify that it has been set correctly run "echo %HOMEDRIVE%", which > should now print out "C:". Try to install rails. > > If that enables you to install gems you may want to edit the value > perma

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-19 Thread Sharagoz --
> HOMEDRIVE=P: Your problem is probably there. Run "set HOMEDRIVE=C:" To verify that it has been set correctly run "echo %HOMEDRIVE%", which should now print out "C:". Try to install rails. If that enables you to install gems you may want to edit the value permanently to avoid future problems. T

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-19 Thread Sébastien Clément
Aldric Giacomoni wrote: > Sébastien Clément wrote: >> I am using Windows Server 2007 SP2 > >> >> Then, starting the DOS console as an administrator and retyping the >> command gives the following result: >> >> - >> C:\>gem install rails >> ERROR: While executing gem ... (Err

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-19 Thread Sébastien Clément
Sharagoz -- wrote: > The only thing I can think of is that something might be up with an > environment variable somewhere. If you run "set >> c:\dump.txt" from the > command line it will export the variables into that file. Post the > result here if you want us to have a look. Here is the resul

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-19 Thread Aldric Giacomoni
Sébastien Clément wrote: > I am using Windows Server 2007 SP2 > > Then, starting the DOS console as an administrator and retyping the > command gives the following result: > > - > C:\>gem install rails > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::ENOENT) > No such file or di

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sharagoz --
The only thing I can think of is that something might be up with an environment variable somewhere. If you run "set >> c:\dump.txt" from the command line it will export the variables into that file. Post the result here if you want us to have a look. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sébastien Clément
Sharagoz -- wrote: > I definatly should have read your opening post more carefully. I see > that there's a difference between the error message in normal and > elevated mode now, which is weird. > > I would start by uninstalling Ruby and then reinstalling it into a > directory without a space i

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sébastien Clément
Sharagoz -- wrote: > I definatly should have read your opening post more carefully. I see > that there's a difference between the error message in normal and > elevated mode now, which is weird. > > I would start by uninstalling Ruby and then reinstalling it into a > directory without a space i

Re: [Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Sharagoz -- wrote: > If that makes no difference, see if you have the same problem with Ruby > v1.8.6 1.8.7 for windoze is available here: http://rubyinstaller.org/download.html -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- You received this message becau

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sharagoz --
I definatly should have read your opening post more carefully. I see that there's a difference between the error message in normal and elevated mode now, which is weird. I would start by uninstalling Ruby and then reinstalling it into a directory without a space in the filename (like C:\ruby),

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sébastien Clément
I am both administrator on the system and doing "Run as administrator" to launch the DOS console. Sharagoz -- wrote: > Do you mean that you're running it under an administrator account, or > are you right-clicking on the cmd icon and chosing "run as > administrator"? > You need to do the latte

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sharagoz --
Do you mean that you're running it under an administrator account, or are you right-clicking on the cmd icon and chosing "run as administrator"? You need to do the latter, being an administrator is not enough. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you a

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sébastien Clément
Hi Sharagoz, Please see the second part of my message above. That's exactly what I did, but there's still an error. Sharagoz -- wrote: > Try running the command prompt as administrator -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[Rails] Re: Cannot install Rails with Gems on WIndows

2010-02-18 Thread Sharagoz --
Try running the command prompt as administrator -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this gr