# Server in China can't reach rubygems.org so install fails

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [2016 年 2 月 10 日午前 9:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-in-china-cant-reach-rubygems-org-so-install-fails/39329 "2016-02-10T09:37:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 2 月 10 日午後 5:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-in-china-cant-reach-rubygems-org-so-install-fails/39329/20 "2016-02-10T17:55:19Z")

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When on china you need to use:

`source https://ruby.taobao.org/`

instead of

`source https://rubygems.org/`

in your Gemfile.

PS.: I’m never been to China but read about this on StackOverflow.

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