From: andy <andy.koch@...>
Date: 2006-11-28T08:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygems local install

Further Problems with this topic...

My initial effort involved a Debian machine that had the rubygems
package previously installed.  Thus I believe my success was a false
positive.

Repeating the process listed in
<http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3#page83> on a ruby/rubygems
"clean" Debian box, I consistently get the error...

/home/andy/mystuff/bin/gem:9:in 'require': no such file to load --
rubygems (LoadError)
from /home/andy/mystuff/bin/gem:9


I would interpret this as the ruby not finding the rubygems.rb file.
However, I've followed the instructions precisely - several times.
Unless I install the Debian package libgems-ruby1.8, I get this error.
But this defeats the purpose of a user install ruby gems.

Any thoughts on what I'm missing? Or misunderstanding?

regards,

Andy Koch


andy wrote:
> This is part question - part comment...
>
> I'm installing a local (non-root) gems.  I've succeeded in doing this,
> however I had a problem I thought I might bring to the attention of the
> community.
>
> First.. installing on a Debian testing distro.  Ruby installed via
> apt-get.
>
> following these instructions..
> <http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3#page83>
>
> when doing install step.. (ruby setup.rb install)
>
> I kept getting a directory not found error related to line 71 of
> "rubygems-0.9.0/post-install.rb".
>
> ( Dir.chdir("pkgs/sources") do )
>
> when I changed this line to...
>
> ( Dir.chdir("/home/my_user/rubygems-0.9.0/pkgs/sources") do )
>
> then it all worked.
>
> But I get real nervous when I need to change code like that, mostly for
> future maintenance reasons.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?  Is there a directory path I'm neglecting
> to set properly?  Or do other people also hack through this bit?
> 
> Any help is much appreciated.
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> Andy Koch