Ruby Gems & FireWalls

[Jayson Williams]

I had an awful time today trying to install the HighLine gem on my
machine at home. After several attempts, I tried disabling my firewall
on a whim, and presto, the gem installed successfully. I don't recall
having this problem with other gems in the past, so I am wondering if
my trouble had to do with where the HighLine gem resides? Is there a
specific port that gem installs communicate on? How should I setup my
firewall to allow gem installs?

Thanks
Jay

 

[Eric Hodel]

I had an awful time today trying to install the HighLine gem on my
machine at home. After several attempts, I tried disabling my firewall
on a whim, and presto, the gem installed successfully. I don't recall
having this problem with other gems in the past, so I am wondering if
my trouble had to do with where the HighLine gem resides? Is there a
specific port that gem installs communicate on? How should I setup my
firewall to allow gem installs?

RubyGems uses port 80.