> ERROR:  ¨Βςςος ιξσταμμιξη ςοηεςδπαγλ­δεσγίνετθοδ>  ¨Βυβω²ςυβω ςερυιςεσ ςυβωίπαςσε¨ώ²®°¬ ςυξτινε©
>
> never had that before...
> Other stuff seems to install just fine.

Yes I get that too, for some reason.  Very weird.
The work-around for now is

$ gem install ruby_parser
$ gem install ruby2ruby -v1.1.9
$ gem install rogerdpack-desc_method

until I can figure out what's going on.
Thanks!
-r