Timeout when installing ruby gems

Question

I'm trying to install the bundler gem using $ gem install bundler. When I execute the command, I receive the following response:

ERROR:  Could not find a valid gem 'bundler' (>= 0), here is why:
    Unable to download data from https://rubygems.org/ - Errno::ETIMEDOUT: Operation   timed out - connect(2) (https://api.rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)
ERROR:  Possible alternatives: bundler

In an effort to make sure I wasn't going crazy, I tried installing nokogiri:

ERROR:  Could not find a valid gem 'nokogiri' (>= 0), here is why:
  Unable to download data from https://rubygems.org/ - Errno::ETIMEDOUT: Operation timed out - connect(2) (https://api.rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)
ERROR:  Possible alternatives: nokogiri

And a2z:

ERROR:  Could not find a valid gem 'a2z' (>= 0), here is why:
  Unable to download data from https://rubygems.org/ - Errno::ETIMEDOUT: Operation timed out - connect(2) (https://api.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/a2z-0.1.3.gemspec.rz)

If anyone has experience this issue before and can help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

If it helps, I'm running MacOS Mavericks and have gem version 2.2.2.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49800432/gem-cannot-access-rubygems-org — James Hibbard, Apr 02 '20 at 09:49

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited May 21 '23 at 21:29

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I resolved this issue disabling the IPv6 connections in my system OS.

It forces the OS just use the IPv4 and then it works.

edited May 21 '23 at 21:29

desertnaut

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answered Sep 17 '19 at 23:45

Jean Felipe

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Thanks, this worked. And since I had "Off" option missing in my Ethernet settings, I had to use CLI command `networksetup -setv6off Ethernet` – RAM237 Jan 21 '20 at 15:12
Thanks - had this strange and obscure problem too. Both answer and comment here helped a lot. – user37309 Aug 20 '20 at 05:49
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On Debian: `sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1; sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1` – rodvlopes Oct 10 '20 at 00:38

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '21 at 21:14

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For people using Windows, the following worked for me on Windows 10. See also my reply on the ruby gems issues list.

Go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network connections
Select the network connection you're currently using
Right click on it and choose Properties
Remove check mark for Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP/IPv6)
Click OK
Run your gem command again

answered Jan 27 '21 at 21:14

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Thank you for the comment explaining how to do this on Windows. This fix didn't work for me, as I ended up not having any internet (even though ipv4 was checked by default) so I had to unplug and replug my wifi usb stick and change it back to get internet – Justin May 28 '21 at 05:58

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '14 at 15:43

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In your Gemfile set your

source 'http://production.s3.rubygems.org'

This may not be an official answer, but it worked for me after three frustrating days trying to access rubygems.org.

answered Aug 18 '14 at 15:43

Gernot Ullrich

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This seemed to resolve itself after a day or two. I think there may have been a connection issue with their servers. – Matt Aug 19 '14 at 19:44
actually in my case it had been my fault - DNS pointed to an old address, which I had put in earlier to get around annother DNS problem – Gernot Ullrich Aug 20 '14 at 14:12
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Can you give an example of what the full command line would look like? Do you put the source in front of the install command or after? – blueprintchris Nov 10 '16 at 09:05
e.g `gem sources -a 'http://production.s3.rubygems.org'`. But this did not work for me. – NagaChaitanya Vellanki Oct 01 '21 at 16:44

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '18 at 18:20

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i had the same issue which i solved by disabling my VPN. try looking at proxies, VPNs, and other networking issues.

answered Aug 29 '18 at 18:20

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered May 29 '20 at 01:42

api.rubygems.org is having issues with IPV6 host address. I faced the same issue after I setup the ubuntu server in vbox. We need to configure it to use our host's IPV4 first and then try IPV6.

So we can change the priority by adding this line ti /etc/gai.conf:

# Debian defaults.
precedence  ::1/128         50
precedence  ::/0            40
precedence  2002::/16       30
precedence  ::/96           20
precedence  ::ffff:0:0/96   10

# Low precedence for api.rubygems.org IPv6 addresses.
precedence  2a04:4e42::0/32  5

And it worked like a charm!

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 26 '21 at 13:11

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ping rubygems.org and get the IP address.
Edit your /etc/hosts file and add the line: <IPADD> rubygems.org.
gem update --system.

answered Jan 26 '21 at 13:11

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 21 '22 at 11:28

For the people using macOS, the following worked me on macOS 12.3.1.

Go to System Preferences > Network
Click on the Advanced... button
Go to TCP/IP tab on the top
Change Configure IPv6 from Automatically to Manually
Click on the OK
Click on the Apply
Re-try installing your gems
Revert the changes back

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 16 '15 at 08:02

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just add --source http://rubygems.org to your installs. The issue most likely is with your internet connection.

answered Sep 16 '15 at 08:02

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 18 '16 at 11:08

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In my case helped the following:

sudo gem update --system

answered Apr 18 '16 at 11:08

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In my case even this is throwing a timeout issue – Emjey Jun 21 '18 at 12:09
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This is purely a Network and DNS config issue. I ran into the same thing, checked with a network which is not bound to any strict firewalls and auto-configured DNS, this worked. Looks like the source url of repo starts from https and not https, that maybe the cause. Just a guess, not sure. – Vighnesh Pai Aug 08 '18 at 07:04

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 05 '20 at 16:25

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Disable ipv6
sudo gem update --system
gem install bundler

answered Sep 05 '20 at 16:25

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 10 '22 at 14:12

I encountered this just now. I needed to disable IPv6. I had to set mine to link-local only to get it to work. Otherwise, it's the same as @chootti's list:

Go to System Preferences > Network
Click on the Advanced... button
Go to TCP/IP tab on the top
Change Configure IPv6 from Automatically to Link-local only
Click on OK

Then I ran sudo gem update --system to update RubyGems. I still couldn't install gems with IPv6 enabled, so it looks like that needs to be off to install from RubyGems.

Machine this worked on:

OS: MacOS Monterey 12.4

Machine: Apple M1 (2020)

Ruby install manager: ASDF

score 0 · Answer 12 · edited May 21 '23 at 22:53

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dig api.rubygems.org +short

Adding below line to /etc/hosts worked for me:

151.101.192.70  rubygems.org

edited May 21 '23 at 22:53

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answered May 09 '20 at 05:23

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jul 06 '20 at 23:23

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I ran into the same issue. Try running:

bundle pristine

answered Jul 06 '20 at 23:23

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