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gem install rails doesn't do anything

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Mar 15, 202652048 views
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I installed Ruby and RubyGems on Ubuntu 10.04. Ruby is version 1.8.7. Gems is version 1.3.7. When I try sudo gem install rails, nothing happens. It just hangs forever. What am I missing? Thanks!

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Fix for: gem install rails doesn't do anything

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Try adding -V (upper case) to the end of the install command, if forces the command to be verbose, so you can see things going on. Eg:

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