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Posted by T Emmerson
T Emmerson
32 Points

Why can't the command prompt connect to and access Ruby Gems (Bundler, SQLite, rails)? Error message suggests SSL issue

Hi

I am following the Install Ruby for Windows video. I have installed Ruby and the DevKit. When I try to download the following Gems from Ruby via the CMD Prompt (Bundler, SQLite, rails), I receive the following message:

"could not find a valid gem 'bundler' here is why: unable to download data from https://rubygems.org. ssl connect returned=1 errno=0 state=sslv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed (https://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)"

Please can you advise why this is happening?

Thanks

2 Answers

Sadok Cervantes
Sadok Cervantes
6,204 Points
Sadok Cervantes
Sadok Cervantes
6,204 Points

Encountered this error as well. It seems they just updated the SSL certificate on the RubyGEMS website.

Here's the fix: https://gist.github.com/luislavena/f064211759ee0f806c88

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points

I haven't experienced this issue personally, but there are several posts on StackOverflow that seem to address it. Here is one: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19150017/ssl-error-when-installing-rubygems-unable-to-pull-data-from-https-rubygems-o.

Also may be a similar question here on the Treehouse Forum: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/had-an-ssl-error-found-fix-here.