From: Erik Veenstra Date: 2005-10-03T17:31:47+09:00 Subject: Re: why can't Ruby load .gem files directly? > This is done easy, you can provide a path where the gem is > put with 'gem install yourgem --install-dir /home/someone' > > you have to do a > > require 'rubygems' > Gem.path.push('/home/someone/yourgem/') Now your application is restricted to your machine or one of its clones... gegroet, Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/