From: Joseph Alotta <jalotta@...>
Date: 2005-06-19T05:36:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Help installing rubygems on Tiger


On Jun 18, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Chad Fowler wrote:

> On 6/18/05, Joseph Alotta <jalotta@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am trying to install rubygems on a clean install of Tiger.  It
>> gives me the message that rubygems is missing.  Well, that is what I
>> am trying to install.  Please give me some help.
>>
>>
>> Joe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [PowerBook-G4:~/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10] jja% setenv
>> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/
>> Users/jja/bin:./
>> SECURITYSESSIONID=72833b0
>> HOME=/Users/jja
>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>> USER=jja
>> __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
>> TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
>> TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=133
>> TERM=xterm-color
>> HOSTTYPE=powermac
>> VENDOR=apple
>> OSTYPE=darwin
>> MACHTYPE=powerpc
>> SHLVL=1
>> PWD=/Users/jja/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10
>> LOGNAME=jja
>> GROUP=jja
>> HOST=PowerBook-G4.local
>> RUBYOPT=rrubygems
>> [PowerBook-G4:~/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10] jja% ls
>> #README#        README          TODO            examples
>> pkgs            scripts
>> #setup.rb#      Rakefile        bin             gemspecs        post-
>> install.rb setup.rb
>> ChangeLog       Releases        doc             lib
>> redist          test
>> [PowerBook-G4:~/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10] jja% which ruby
>> /usr/bin/ruby
>> [PowerBook-G4:~/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10] jja% ruby -v
>> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [powerpc-darwin8.0]
>> [PowerBook-G4:~/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10] jja% ruby setup.rb
>> ruby: No such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError)
>> [PowerBook-G4:~/Desktop/gems/rubygems-0.8.10] jja%
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi Joe!
>
> The problem is that you have RUBYOPT set to require rubygems, but you
> haven't yet installed RubyGems.
>
> % setenv RUBYOPT   # Assuming this is how you blank out a variable in
> csh---I haven't used it in a while
> % sudo ruby setup.rb




Hi Chad,

That did it.  Thank you.


Joe.