Bret, Also, my ruby zip file is 57MB, which is tough to email.
Jeff On Mar 6, 3:14 pm, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> wrote: > Doing a local gem will only work if you have *all* the gems that Watir > requires available locally. This number is rapidly increasing. To me > this is not a practical option. > > Better would be just to install on a machine with network access and > then copy the entire ruby directory. > > Bret > > > > MatchBook wrote: > > Al, > > > It necessary for me to specify the cache directory? (Or can you > > confirm for where the correct place is to place the cache directory?) > > Here is what I have tried so far: > > > p:\Jeff>gem install watir -l > > ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeEr > > Error instaling watir: > > watir requires commonwatir = 1.6.2 > > > p:\Jeff>gem install watir -l -i p:\jeff\cache > > ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError) > > Error instaling watir: > > watir requires commonwatir = 1.6.2 > > > In the first case, I put the cache in C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems > > \1.8\cache. In the second case, I tried another directory (I am not > > sure if that is what the -i option is for). Since the commonwatir gem > > is in the cache, apparently it is not looking at my copied cache. > > > Jeff > > > On Mar 5, 6:54 pm, Al Snow <jas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> Jeff, > > >> After you have the gem copied to your machine, > >> you can run this command: gem install watir --local > >> where the "--local" will only look for the gem to > >> install on your local machine. > > >> Thanks, > >> Al Snow > >> Agile Software Automation Architect > >> Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/in/alsnow > >> Google Talk: jasnow1 > >> Twitter: jasnow > > >>> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:12:21 -0800 > >>> Subject: [wtr-general] installing watir behind a firewall on Windows > >>> From: jeffrey.fl...@gmail.com > >>> To: watir-general@googlegroups.com > > >>> I am not able to install watir on Windows either by using the > >>> HTTP_PROXY environmental variable, nor by using the -p option for gem > >>> install. My firewall is password protected, so I get a 407 error. > > >>> I resorted to zipping up the cache directory from a machine that is > >>> not behind a firewall(C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\cache) and copying the > >>> zip file to the machine that is behind the firewall. > > >>> Now, I need help with the right gem install command to get this local > >>> cache to be recognized. > > >>> I appreciate it! > > >>> Jeff > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Windows Live™: Life without > >> walls.http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032...Hide > >> quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
