On 10/5/2010 9:16 AM, Tridib Bandopadhyay wrote: > Jeremy Bopp wrote: >> Please run the following while connected to >> your school's server and send the output it returns: >> >> uname -a >> >>> > > To this command..it is showing me the following result > > > Linux sol.usd.edu 2.6.9-89.0.23.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Mar 17 06:49:21 EDT > 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux It looks like the server is running some version of RedHat Linux. What is the output of this: cat /etc/redhat-release BTW, have you tried contacting the administrator of the server to ask if he/she could install ruby? -Jeremy