From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2005-05-09T20:42:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with installing gem in my home directory

On 5/6/05, Vincent Foley <vfoley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I tried following the instructions
> (http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/11#page56) on how to install
> gems in a custom directory, and while they do get installed in that
> directory, I cannot use them.  For example, I install ruby-breakpoint,
> and when I came to use it in IRB, it complained that the library could
> not be found:
> 
> [vince@macvince: ~/prog/ruby/rjournal]% irb -r rubygems
> irb(main):001:0> require "breakpoint"
> LoadError: No such file to load -- breakpoint
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> `require__'
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> `require'
>         from (irb):1
> irb(main):002:0>
> 
> I had also loaded Rake, and I got a similar message when I came to run
> it:
> 
> [vince@macvince: ~/prog/ruby/rjournal]% rake test
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:194:in
> `report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem rake (> 0)
> (Gem::LoadError)
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:136:in
> `activate'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:37:in
> `require_gem_with_options'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:31:in
> `require_gem'
>         from /Users/vince/.gems/bin/rake:17
> 
> The config file I used looked like this:
> gem: --remote
> gemhome: /Users/vince/.gems
> gempath:
>   - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
> 
> Is there anything wrong with it?  Am I forgetting something?  Thanks
> for you help everyone.
> 
> Vincent.
> 
> 

Vincent, did you set the GEM_PATH environment variable?

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