From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2006-01-09T17:53:03+09:00
Subject: Re: gem installation

Mark Volkmann wrote:
> I see that when I install a gem, it gets installed under
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/{gem-name}.
>
> What does the 1.8 represent?
> Is it the version of Ruby required to use the gem?
> Depending on what other gems I install, could I also have a
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.6 directory?

If you used Ruby 1.6 to execute "gem install foo", then foo would be
installed in ".../ruby/gems/1.6/...".  I'm pretty sure that's what the
1.8 means.

Except, that is, that "gem" requires Ruby 1.8 to run :)

Gavin