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

set HTTP_PROXY=http://my.work.proxy:8080
gem install watir

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• ropata

  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

  Comment | August 3, 2008
• admin

  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

  Comment | August 3, 2008
• Tim

  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

  Comment | September 18, 2008

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