If you attempt to install rails via the standard
yo@yo:/ sudo gem install rails
And you get the dreaded message:
ERROR: could not find rails locally or in a repository
There is a simple cure. Simply install the new gem (1.3.1) package from source and try again. Apparently 1.1.1 and 1.2.1 get the connection to the mother ship snipped some how. I tried and failed and tried and failed to install Rails via gem until i reinstalled the new gem package.
Keep in mind this is a full install. You’ll have to get the package as follows
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/45905/rubygems-1.3.1.tgz
unzip and untar and build the sources via
sudo ruby setup.rb
HTH,
Shaun twitter.com/h0h0h0