Comments on: Q. How do I gem install Watir behind a proxy server?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:43:07 +0000

PS. Here is the batch file code to do a standalone installation. You need to make sure you have the most current
gems from rubyforge e.g.
E:\apps\watir>ls
1_win32-api-1.2.0-x86-mswin32-60.gem 5_win32-clipboard-0.4.4.gem
2_windows-api-0.2.4.gem activesupport-2.1.1.gem
3_windows-pr-0.9.3.gem install.bat
4_win32-process-0.5.9.gem watir-1.5.6.gem

Then your batch file should look like this:
@echo off
FOR /F “tokens=1″ %%G IN (‘dir *win*.gem /B /ON’) DO gem install %%G
FOR /F “tokens=1″ %%G IN (‘dir *activesupport*.gem /B /ON’) DO gem
install %%G
FOR /F “tokens=1″ %%G IN (‘dir *watir*.gem /B /ON’) DO gem install %%G

By: admin

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:52:22 +0000

Correct, downloading the gems then installing locally using a batch file has been the only way I can install Watir behind an authenticating proxy server (or one that uses a PAC script).

Thanks for highlighting this.

Regards,
Tim Koopmans

By: ropata

ropata — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:41:16 +0000

OK but what if the proxy is dynamically assigned by an automatic configuration script? To install the latest version of Watir on WinXP I resorted to manually downloading all the gems from rubyforge.org, then installing in this sequence

rubygems-update-1.2.0.gem
win32-api-1.1.0-x86-mswin32-60.gem
windows-api-0.2.4.gem
windows-pr-0.8.7.gem
win32-process-0.5.9.gem
activesupport-2.1.0.gem
watir-1.5.6.gem