From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-12-29T13:54:12+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygems install problems (the old ubygems (LoadError) problem. Sigh).


On Dec 28, 2006, at 18:05, Paul van Delst wrote:

> Eric Hodel wrote:
>>> This is how rubygems is typically installed (by not supplying the  
>>> --prefix option in step 4).  But you do not have root access.   
>>> You just needed to add rubygems to the $LOAD_PATH.
>
> Hello again,
>
> O.k., I removed my old rubygems install and did it again but  
> without the --prefix-dir and everything is now honky dory.
>
> From the rubygems user manual installation help, I assumed that a  
> "default" install would always go to /usr/lib/ruby/etc.... But it  
> doesn't - it gets installed wherever ruby was installed (at least,  
> that's what happened on my box).

Yes, this is correct.

I thought you were installing rubygems using the default (/usr/lib/ 
ruby) installation, not your own.

-- 
Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!