From: bbiker <renard@...>
Date: 2007-01-07T01:28:22+09:00
Subject: Re: A 'require' question

Jan Svitok wrote:
>
> you need three commands:
>
> 1. require 'rubygems' # may be omitted when RUBYOPT=-rubygems or ruby
> is started with -rubygems
>
> 2. gem 'gem_name' , '>=1.23' # this sets the required version and this
> is what eric wrote about
>
> 3. require 'gem_name' # to actually require the file - no version or anything
>
> Actually the gem_name in he steps 2. and 3. may be different - one is
> the name of the gem (win32-shortcut for example) while the latter is
> the name of the file to be required (win32/shortcut)
>
> If and only if you'll see undefined method 'gem' in the second step,
> then replace 'gem' with 'require_gem' (meaning you have an old version
> of rubygems, and you might want to upgrade)

Thank you all for your responses. I now have a clearer understanding of
'require' and 'gem' and how they cooperate.