tag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:/discussions/problems/799-ruby-gem-install-problems-on-windows-xpRubyGems.org: Discussion 2012-08-04T18:39:28Ztag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T19:17:55Z2011-11-29T19:17:55ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Hello,</p>
<p>Most likely you're behind a proxy/firewall that is blocking
downloads from rubygems.org and its CDN (Amazon CloudFront)</p>
<p>Please use HTTP_PROXY environment variable or use
<code>--http-proxy</code> option during gem installation.</p>
<p>See previous thread on this subject:</p>
<p><a href=
"http://help.rubygems.org/discussions/problems/771-installation-of-watir">
http://help.rubygems.org/discussions/problems/771-installation-of-w...</a></p></div>Luis Lavenatag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T20:14:04Z2011-11-29T20:14:04ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Luis</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>I am not aware of any firewall running nor a oroxy connection .
I am at home<br>
with a broadband ( ADSL ) connection.</p>
<p>If Gem is trying to connect to a remote server which I can 'see'
what port<br>
is being used.</p>
<p>Can you give me some more information on Please "HTTP_PROXY
environment<br>
variable or use <code>--http-proxy</code> option during gem
installation" as I cant<br>
undersatnd how that might help.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ted</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T20:46:11Z2011-11-29T20:46:11ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Luis</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>I don't think I am accessing the internet via a proxy server. I
have never<br>
had to use a setting such as <a href=
"http://user:pass@proxy:port">http://user:pass@proxy:port</a> for
internet access<br>
of any kind.</p>
<p>Can you tell me what protocol and port gem is designed to use?
If for any<br>
reason my ISP is blocking a port I will need to advise them.</p>
<p>Thanks</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T21:18:43Z2011-11-29T21:18:43ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Do you have a proxy set in your browser?</p>
<p>Can you visit rubygems.org, find <em>any</em> gem and download
it?</p>
<p>I thought the link I provided to you provided enough information
on how to use HTTP_PROXY environment variable or using --http-proxy
option.</p>
<p>Did you read my response?</p>
<p>In the example I used <code>http://user:pass@proxy:port</code>
which should be replaced by the username and password the host and
the port used by your proxy.</p>
<p>All this under the assumption you're behind a proxy that is
limiting you to download RubyGems metadata.</p></div>Luis Lavenatag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T21:32:45Z2011-11-29T21:32:45ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>I understand the concept of a proxy server but I don't use a
proxy server to<br>
access the internet.</p>
<p>I have a home LAN, a broadband connection to my ISP and then the
internet.</p>
<p>For example I can ping the server directly.</p>
<p>C:\Documents and Settings\Ted>ping rubygems.org</p>
<p>Pinging rubygems.org [72.4.120.124] with 32 bytes of data:</p>
<p>Reply from 72.4.120.124: bytes=32 time=106ms TTL=49<br>
Reply from 72.4.120.124: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=49<br>
Reply from 72.4.120.124: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=49<br>
Reply from 72.4.120.124: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=49</p>
<p>Ping statistics for 72.4.120.124:</p>
<pre>
<code>Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),</code>
</pre>
<p>Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:</p>
<pre>
<code>Minimum = 106ms, Maximum = 114ms, Average = 109ms</code>
</pre></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T21:38:14Z2011-11-29T21:38:14ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><blockquote>
<p>I understand the concept of a proxy server but I don't use a
proxy server to access the internet.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>You're not answering what I asked you to do.</p>
<p>I didn't ask you to ping rubygems.org I specifically asked you
to visit rubygems.org and download any gem.</p>
<p>Gems are served after a redirect from Amazon CloudFront/S3, and
if you can't access it, then RubyGems can download them.</p>
<p>Also, please execute the same gem install command with -V
--debug option:</p>
<p>gem install rails --debug -V</p>
<p>And create a pastie/gist of the output, that will be very
helpful for us to debug.</p>
<p>Remember: we can't reproduce or help you better if you don't
help us to help you. The more related information you provide, the
better.</p></div>Luis Lavenatag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T21:53:32Z2011-11-29T21:53:32ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Luis</p>
<p>I have downloaded the zip file rubygems-1.8.11.zip and run
setup.rb . This<br>
takes a while to run but does not seem to increase the installed
gems - I am<br>
not sure where the files are going if they are being installed.</p>
<p>Gem e gives</p>
<p>RubyGems Environment:<br>
- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.8.11 - RUBY VERSION: 1.9.3 (2011-10-30
patchlevel 0) [i386-mingw32] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY:
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1 - RUBY EXECUTABLE:
C:/Ruby193/bin/ruby.exe - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby193/bin -
RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:</p>
<pre>
<code>- ruby
- x86-mingw32</code>
</pre>
<ul>
<li>GEM PATHS:
<ul>
<li>C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1</li>
<li>C:/Documents and Settings/Ted/.gem/ruby/1.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>GEM CONFIGURATION:
<ul>
<li>:update_sources => true</li>
<li>:verbose => true</li>
<li>:benchmark => false</li>
<li>:backtrace => false</li>
<li>:bulk_threshold => 1000</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>REMOTE SOURCES:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://rubygems.org/">http://rubygems.org/</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>I have downloaded json-1.6.2.gem OK just now from but not
installed it yet</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ted</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T22:06:29Z2011-11-29T22:06:29ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>This is the verbose output</p>
<p>C:\Ruby193>gem install rails --debug -V<br>
Exception <code>NameError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_ma
nager.rb:177 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand
Exception</code>Gem::LoadError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/depen<br>
dency.rb:247 - Could not find psych (>= 1.2.1, ~> 1.2)
amongst<br>
[bigdecimal-1.1.0 , io-console-0.3, json-1.5.4, minitest-2.5.1,
rake-0.9.2.2, rdoc-3.9.4] Exception <code>NoMethodError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/packag
e/tar_input.rb:57 - undefined method</code>readpartial' for</p>
<h1><Gem::Package::TarReader</h1>
<p>::Entry:0x109cb48> Exception <code>NoMethodError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specif ication.rb:574
- undefined method</code>readpartial' for</p>
<h1><Gem::Package::TarReader::E</h1>
<p>ntry:0x109cb48><br>
Exception <code>ArgumentError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7 1 - invalid
value for Integer(): "2.3.3" Exception</code>ArgumentError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7<br>
2 - invalid value for Float(): "2.3.3"<br>
Exception <code>ArgumentError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7 1 - invalid
value for Integer(): "0.8.3" Exception</code>ArgumentError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7<br>
2 - invalid value for Float(): "0.8.3"<br>
Exception <code>ArgumentError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7 1 - invalid
value for Integer(): "--exclude" Exception</code>ArgumentError'
at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7<br>
2 - invalid value for Float(): "--exclude"<br>
Exception <code>ArgumentError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7 1 - invalid
value for Integer(): "." Exception</code>ArgumentError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7<br>
2 - invalid value for Float(): "."<br>
Exception <code>ArgumentError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7 1 - invalid
value for Integer(): "1.3.1" Exception</code>ArgumentError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych/scalar_scanner.rb:7<br>
2 - invalid value for Float(): "1.3.1"<br>
Exception <code>IOError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/format.rb:45 - closed
stream Exception</code>Errno::ETIMEDOUT' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:762 -<br>
A co<br>
nnection attempt failed because the connected party did not
properly respond<br>
aft<br>
er a period of time, or established connection failed because
connected host<br>
has<br>
failed to respond. - connect(2) Exception
<code>Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError' at
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9. 1/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:239
- Errno::ETIMEDOUT: A connection attempt failed because the
connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or
established connection failed because connected host has failed to
respond. - c onnect(2) (http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)
Error fetching remote data: Errno::ETIMEDOUT: A connection attempt
f ailed because the connected party did not properly respond after
a period of tim e, or established connection failed because
connected host has failed to respond . - connect(2)
(http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz) Falling back to
local-only install Exception</code>NoMethodError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specif<br>
ication.rb:1473 - undefined method <code>to_ary' for
#<Gem::Specification name=rails version=2.3.3>
Exception</code>NoMethodError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specif<br>
ication.rb:1473 - undefined method <code>to_ary' for
#<Gem::Specification name=rails version=2.3.3>
Exception</code>Gem::DependencyError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems<br>
/dependency_installer.rb:153 - Unable to resolve dependencies:
rails requires ac<br>
tivesupport (= 2.3.3), activerecord (= 2.3.3), actionpack (=
2.3.3),<br>
actionmaile<br>
r (= 2.3.3), activeresource (= 2.3.3)<br>
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::DependencyError)</p>
<pre>
<code>Unable to resolve dependencies: rails requires activesupport (= 2.3.3),</code>
</pre>
<p>acti<br>
verecord (= 2.3.3), actionpack (= 2.3.3), actionmailer (=
2.3.3),<br>
activeresource<br>
(= 2.3.3)</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:153<br>
:in `gather_dependencies'</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:267<br>
:in `install'</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb<br>
:121:in `block in execute'</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb<br>
:115:in `each'</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb<br>
:115:in `execute'</p>
<pre>
<code> C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command.rb:278:in</code>
</pre>
<p>`invoke'</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:147:in
`<br>
process_args'</p>
<p>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:117:in
`<br>
run'</p>
<pre>
<code> C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:65:in</code>
</pre>
<p>`run'</p>
<pre>
<code> C:/Ruby193/bin/gem:21:in `<main>'</code>
</pre>
<p>C:\Ruby193></p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-29T23:17:56Z2011-11-29T23:17:56ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Do you have any further thoughts ?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ted</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T00:11:33Z2011-11-30T00:11:33ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>From this:</p>
<p>Exception `Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError' at<br>
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:239
-<br>
Errno::ETIMEDOUT: A connection attempt<br>
failed because the connected party did not properly respond after
a<br>
period of time, or established connection failed because
connected<br>
host has failed to respond.<br>
- connect(2) (<a href=
"http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz">http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz</a>)
Error fetching remote data: Errno::ETIMEDOUT: A connection<br>
attempt failed because the connected party did not properly
respond<br>
after a period of time, or established connection failed
because<br>
connected host has failed to respond. - connect(2)<br>
(<a href=
"http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz">http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz</a>)
Falling back to local-only install</p>
<p>It seems your network connection might time out when attempting
to<br>
download files from Amazon.</p>
<p>Can you try the following?</p>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>require "open-uri" => true f = open("<a href=
"http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz">http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz</a>")
=>
#<File:C:/Users/Luis/AppData/Local/Temp/open-uri20111129-3452-gpwr7t>
d = f.read; nil => nil d.length => 267528 f.close =>
nil</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p>Things with ">>" are the commands I entered at IRB and
=> are the<br>
responses. You should be obtaining something similar. Please use
"irb"<br>
(Either from the command prompt or from the start menu as
"Interactive Ruby")</p></div>Luis Lavenatag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T00:44:43Z2011-11-30T00:44:43ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>I think you may be correct about the timeout. F would seem to
remain as nil</p>
<p>Ted</p>
<p>irb(main):001:0> require "open-uri" => true
irb(main):002:0> f = open("<a href=
"http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz">http://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz</a>")<br>
Errno::ETIMEDOUT: A connection attempt failed because the connected
party<br>
did no<br>
t properly respond after a period of time, or established
connection failed<br>
beca<br>
use connected host has failed to respond. - connect(2)</p>
<pre>
<code> from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:762:in `initialize'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:762:in `open'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:762:in `block in connect'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:54:in `timeout'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:99:in `timeout'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:762:in `connect'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:755:in `do_start'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:744:in `start'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:306:in `open_http'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:775:in `buffer_open'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:203:in `block in</code>
</pre>
<p>open_loop'</p>
<pre>
<code> from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:201:in `catch'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:201:in `open_loop'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:146:in `open_uri'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:677:in `open'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:33:in `open'
from (irb):2
from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'irb(main):003:0></code>
</pre>
<p>irb(main):004:0* d = f.read; nil<br>
NoMethodError: undefined method `read' for nil:NilClass</p>
<pre>
<code> from (irb):4
from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'</code>
</pre>
<p>irb(main):005:0> d.length<br>
NoMethodError: undefined method `length' for nil:NilClass</p>
<pre>
<code> from (irb):5
from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'</code>
</pre>
<p>irb(main):006:0> f.close<br>
NoMethodError: undefined method `close' for nil:NilClass</p>
<pre>
<code> from (irb):6
from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'</code>
</pre>
<p>irb(main):007:0></p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T00:55:28Z2011-11-30T00:55:28ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Luis</p>
<p>I am not sure what time zone you are in. We have been at this
for 7 hours.<br>
It is almost 1:00am GMT with me. Perhaps we can catch up later.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help so far</p>
<p>Ted</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T01:58:57Z2011-11-30T01:58:57ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Sorry for taking longer to respond. I'm utc -3 (11pm right
now)</p>
<p>Dunno how else we can verify this issue but seems your computer
is having<br>
issues to download these files from rubygems website.</p></div>Luis Lavenatag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T15:33:01Z2011-11-30T15:33:01ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Luis</p>
<p>I think we are agreed on the problem even if a solution is not
yet<br>
available.</p>
<p>In the meantime could you clarify how I might achieve this
installation of<br>
Ruby and Ruby on Rails manually. I have downloaded the rails zip
file. The<br>
online instructions are brief.</p>
<p>RubyGems: Download, extract, then run "ruby setup.rb"</p>
<p>With the problems I am having to get an installation set up a
little more<br>
guidance of what to do and what to expect to happen would be
welcomed.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ted</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T15:48:56Z2011-11-30T15:48:56ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>To manually install rails will be a bit complicated.</p>
<p>First you will need to download rails.gem from rubygems.org:</p>
<p><a href=
"http://rubygems.org/gems/rails">http://rubygems.org/gems/rails</a></p>
<p>And the same for Rails dependencies (listed in the Runtime
Dependencies column)</p>
<p>After that, place all the .gem files in one directory, cd into
it, and execute:</p>
<p>gem install --local rails*.gem</p>
<p>That will install all the gems using the local directory as
source of<br>
the dependencies.</p>
<p>Please note that things might get a bit complicated as you will
have<br>
to download also the dependencies of the dependencies.</p>
<p>An alternative that I can suggest you, since you want to try
Rails is<br>
download and install RailsInstaller:</p>
<p><a href=
"http://railsinstaller.org/">http://railsinstaller.org/</a></p>
<p>Which already have all the gems and include a sample application
to<br>
get you started.</p>
<p>Please uninstall your existing Ruby installation and use that
instead<br>
(since it packs Ruby, RubyGems and Rails)</p>
<p>As for rubyonrails.org instructions, RubyGems download is not
required<br>
with Ruby 1.9.3 or any RubyInstaller/RailsInstaller releases -- it
is<br>
already bundled.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p></div>Luis Lavenatag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T15:56:49Z2011-11-30T15:56:49ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I will try the bundle first and if that does not work the hand
cranked<br>
process.</p>
<p>Ted</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T18:21:13Z2011-11-30T18:21:13ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Luis ( and any one else that reads this far)</p>
<p>I started again from scratch.</p>
<p>First I disabled Windows firewall and set up Comodo as my
firewall.<br>
<a href=
"http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security.php">
http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security...</a></p>
<p>I downloaded railsinstaller from <a href=
"http://railsinstaller.org/">http://railsinstaller.org/</a> ,
installed it<br>
and followed the tasks as described in the video.</p>
<p>The install went OK, then I created a new application by
entering "rails new<br>
ridemo" at the command prompt - OK</p>
<p>Then to test this entered "rails s" at the command prompt.</p>
<p>I got an error here as no JavaScript runtime was available. I
went to<br>
<a href=
"https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs">https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs</a>
and then <a href="http://nodejs.org/">http://nodejs.org/</a> to<br>
download the NODE windows installer. (I also ran the command "gem
install<br>
execjs" to install execjs - not sure if this was necessary.)</p>
<p>I also went here<br>
<a href=
"http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-system/repair-wi">
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-system/...</a><br>
ndows-script-host-wshscripting-in-xp-sp3/eca2f65e-fc00-47da-a5b2-d2f0a3a57cd<br>
6 (scroll down to the answer) and followed instructions to register
script<br>
dlls with windows.</p>
<p>At this stage I rebooted my PC.</p>
<p>Back to the command prompt. CD c:\sites\ridemo and enter rails
s</p>
<p>I went to Comodo to see what was happening on my Active
Connections - after<br>
a few seconds I saw that ruby.exe was listening on TCP port
3000</p>
<p>In my web browser I entered the URL localhost:3000 and received
the cheery<br>
message:<br>
"Welcome aboard You're riding Ruby on Rails!"</p>
<p>Conclusion</p>
<p>Yesterdays problems above were probably caused by Windows
Firewall - even<br>
though I had disabled it at times!!</p>
<p>Comodo let me monitor network traffic and I could see that
connections were<br>
being made.</p>
<p>Not sure why the JavaScript runtime was an issue but the actions
above did<br>
resolve it.</p>
<p>So thanks for your patience. I hope this helps others.</p></div>Nobodytag:help.rubygems.org,2010-01-19:Comment/117525342011-11-30T18:26:24Z2011-11-30T18:26:24ZRuby Gem Install problems on Windows XP<div><p>Happy to hear this worked.</p>
<p>execjs should be using Windows own jscript engine instead of
requiring node, but seems that newer nodejs make things more
easy.</p>
<p>Sometimes firewalls and proxies are the problem :P</p>
<p>Closing this now.</p></div>Luis Lavena