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Posted by zacharysmith3
zacharysmith3
6,148 Points

"gem install rails" does... nothing.

I type "gem install rails" in the command line, then hit enter, and nothing happens. I don't get an error or anything. The cursor just sits there doing nothing. I've tried hitting enter a few times. I've tried waiting 5 or 10 minutes. And I've hit control-C, which causes it to say "ERROR: Interrupted" and then gives me the command line prompt again.

I'm kind of flying in the dark, so any help is most appreciated! And you might have to spell it out, as I'm totally new to Rails and the command line.

2 Answers

Jovanny Elias
Jovanny Elias
16,204 Points

I found this post that may help you out. Depending on your internet connection it may take a while but if you waited that long that probably is not the issue. I am not too experienced with this but I like to help people out even if its just by posting links. It helps me learn as well. let me know if this works. good luck

zacharysmith3
zacharysmith3
6,148 Points
zacharysmith3
zacharysmith3
6,148 Points

Hi Jovanny,

Thanks for the link. I added -V to the command, which allowed me to see that stuff was actually happening behind the scenes. Apparently -V means "verbose", and this causes the system to report on everything that's going on. So the complete command was:

sudo gem install rails -V

It turned out that I had to wait 20 or 30 minutes for it to finish. Thanks again for the help!

Jovanny Elias
Jovanny Elias
16,204 Points

I am glad I can help in the process I learned something new its a win win for both of us.