# Install terminates while fetching source index from rubygems.org

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [Février 11, 2015, 8:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-terminates-while-fetching-source-index-from-rubygems-org/25140 "2015-02-11T20:27:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)\
**Post date:** [Février 11, 2015, 10:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-terminates-while-fetching-source-index-from-rubygems-org/25140/2 "2015-02-11T22:42:39Z")

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This looks like a transient error because `https://rubygems.org/` wasn’t responding in time; is your server behind a firewall that might block access to the RubyGems site?

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