[Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy

2011-04-22 Thread T.ragahvendra Shet
Hello You can use a gem called rubysspi which could be downloaded from rubygems.org then install it - it has no dependecies now only for windows - copy the spa.rb file from your gems/rubysspi/spa.rb(if not here do find in the gem folder will get it). copy and paste it in

[Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy - Rails badly needs to be flexible in its installation

2011-04-20 Thread rubynewbie
Would appreciate a workaround for this. On Apr 19, 1:58 pm, rubynewbie mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Bryan. I tried this as well as Using a Fiddler as a proxy. But I found that the downloads are being blocked based on the content by the firewall. Generally arbitrary Software

Re: [Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy - Rails badly needs to be flexible in its installation

2011-04-20 Thread Frederick Cheung
On 20 Apr 2011, at 08:25, rubynewbie mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com wrote: Would appreciate a workaround for this. Do the install on a non hobbled computer and then copy the gems across ? (rubygems stashes a copy of the .gem files somewhere if my memory is correct). You could also run gem

[Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy - Rails badly needs to be flexible in its installation

2011-04-20 Thread rubynewbie
On Apr 20, 12:46 pm, Frederick Cheung frederick.che...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 Apr 2011, at 08:25, rubynewbie mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com wrote: Would appreciate a workaround for this. Do the install on a non hobbled computer and then copy the gems across ? Do i have to locate the gem files

[Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy - Rails badly needs to be flexible in its installation

2011-04-20 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Apr 20, 11:41 am, rubynewbie mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 20, 12:46 pm, Frederick Cheung frederick.che...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 Apr 2011, at 08:25, rubynewbie mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com wrote: Would appreciate a workaround for this. Do the install on a non hobbled

[Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy - Rails badly needs to be flexible in its installation

2011-04-19 Thread rubynewbie
Thanks Bryan. I tried this as well as Using a Fiddler as a proxy. But I found that the downloads are being blocked based on the content by the firewall. Generally arbitrary Software Downloads are not permitted in my company. Theres a separate department which manages Software Downloads based

[Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy

2011-04-18 Thread rubynewbie
The problem is not inclusion of http:// in the URL(I tried without that). On the contrary I suspect the reason to be on how to specify the domain in the URL. Is my way of specifying the domain right? C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Desktopgem install rails -v 3.0.1 -p

Re: [Rails] Re: Unable to install Rails through proxy

2011-04-18 Thread Bryan Crossland
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM, rubynewbie mohamed.shaf...@gmail.comwrote: The problem is not inclusion of http:// in the URL(I tried without that). On the contrary I suspect the reason to be on how to specify the domain in the URL. Is my way of specifying the domain right? C:\Documents and