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mgbeers

11 May, 2011 07:15 PM

I am getting the error below:

ERROR: http://rubygems.org/ does not appear to be a repository
ERROR: Could not find a valid gem 'rails' (>= 0) in any repository

The gem env gives me the following:

RubyGems Environment:
- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.7 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-mswin32] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:

- ruby
- x86-mswin32-60

• GEM PATHS:
  • c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • Z:/.gem/ruby/1.8
• GEM CONFIGURATION:
  • :update_sources => true
  • :verbose => true
  • :benchmark => false
  • :backtrace => false
  • :bulk_threshold => 1000
• REMOTE SOURCES:
  • http://rubygems.org/

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Luis Lavena on 11 May, 2011 07:44 PM

   

   Please check your proxy settings:

   http://help.rubygems.org/discussions/problems/555-problem-installim...
   http://help.rubygems.org/discussions/problems/142-http-proxy-setup

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2. Luis Lavena closed this discussion on 11 May, 2011 07:44 PM.

3. mgbeers re-opened this discussion on 11 May, 2011 07:54 PM

4. 3 Posted by mgbeers on 11 May, 2011 07:54 PM

   

   Actually this is what I've been trying to do all day. I am confused by the actual command reference, for one thing. Do I type the [no-] or is that referring to something else? I know what my http proxy server is and it's port as I have it working fine in my browser. What I've tried last:

   C:>gem install heroku --http-proxy http://[the url from my browser]:8080, -p
   ERROR: While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidArgument)

   invalid argument: --http-proxy http://access.lb.ssa.gov:8080,
   

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5. 4 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 07:57 PM

   

   I have

   On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Luis Lavena <
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6. 5 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 07:59 PM

   

   I did not get much of an answer from you here and you closed the
   discussion. Why? The problem isn't one that I cannot figure out how to
   find the answers that you referred me to already, it's that I've already
   been there, done that! You should at least give the poster a chance to
   reply to that effect before closing it hastily.

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7. Support Staff 6 Posted by Luis Lavena on 11 May, 2011 09:18 PM

   

   I did close the discussion because is a duplication of other discussion on the same thing: proxy

   gem install heroku --http-proxy=http://user:password@server:port/ is the correct syntax.

   If you had HTTP_PROXY environment variable set, then --no-http-proxy will disable that.

   The no part is the negation of the first.

   Either you can use the --http-proxy option or set HTTP_PROXY environment variable.

   Please check again the command syntax and the URI syntax I shown above.

   Let me know if that doesn't work.

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8. 7 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 09:20 PM

   

   Thank you for getting back to me. I will let you know, if you like.. if
   this works or not. I feel like I've tried every angle though ;)

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9. 8 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 09:27 PM

   

   I'm not sure why but it just doesn't work

   our proxy server is like this: access.[a government org].gov:80

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10. Support Staff 9 Posted by Luis Lavena on 11 May, 2011 09:31 PM

    

    What protocol? HTTP?

    the URL needs to be http://access.[goverment org].gov:80/

    It is important the format.

    Please provide a Pastie or Gist that shows the full output of the command:

    gem install heroku --http-proxy=http://access.[a government org].gov:80/ --debug -V

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11. 10 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 09:40 PM

    

    pastie:
    http://pastie.org/1890714

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12. 11 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 09:41 PM

    

    updated the pastie so as not to reveal the actual domain or organization.

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13. Support Staff 12 Posted by Luis Lavena on 11 May, 2011 09:43 PM

    

    You're getting a Forbbiden (403) response from the proxy:

    GET http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz
    403 Forbidden
    Exception `Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError' at c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rub
    ygems/remote_fetcher.rb:300 - bad response Forbidden 403 (http://rubygems.org/la
    test_specs.4.8.gz)
    

    This is most likely because the proxy requires an username and a password that you aren't providing in the URI for http-proxy.

    Please see my previous comment on the URI structure for http proxy, add your username and password and try again.

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14. Support Staff 13 Posted by Luis Lavena on 11 May, 2011 09:44 PM

    

    BTW, is completely irrelevant for what organization you work for, what matters is help you solve the issue, which seems to be associated with not authorized proxy.

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15. 14 Posted by Matthew Beers on 11 May, 2011 09:44 PM

    

    Ok i will try that, not sure if I have the right format for it since our
    logins are domain\username

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16. Support Staff 15 Posted by Luis Lavena on 23 May, 2011 09:37 PM

    

    Hello,

    I haven't heard back from you you in 2 weeks. Did you manage to solve the correct URI of your corporate proxy?

    Please respond to this and let us know.

    Going to close this in a few days if no response is given.

    Thank you.

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