Help! Can't install ruby on rails

[zhinker]

Hi,

I'm trying to install ruby on rails on Ubuntu 9.10. I'm following the instructions on this site:
http://castilho.biz/blog/2009/11/05/ruby-on-rails-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/

However, when I try to install Rails I get an error:

$ sudo gem install rails
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)
timed out (http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/rake-0.8.7.gem)

It seems like gem can't access http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/rake-0.8.7.gem for some reason, but when I try to go directly to that address I get the option to download it. Any ideas how to get around this problem?

I'm thinking if I can somehow tell gem to look for the file locally I can download it and install rails that way.

Please help!

Thanks

[slang]

Hi,

same problem here.
You can download the gems and install them locally.
For that you need to install them like this:

sudo gem install rake-0.8.7.gem

[slang]

Found another solution for this problem.
If you are using virtual box, you have to switch the virtual box network adapter from NAT to Brigded and everything should work fine.

[zhinker]

AHA! Switching to Bridged did the trick! Thanks a lot!