From: Mark Volkmann <mark@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T22:20:25+09:00
Subject: Re: gem install - install directory not absolute

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On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:48 PM, Eric Hodel wrote:

> On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:30, Mark Volkmann wrote:
>> On Jan 22, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Eric Hodel wrote:
>>> On Jan 22, 2007, at 07:15, Mark Volkmann wrote:
>>>> When I run ...
>>>> sudo gem install rails -y
>>>>
>>>> I get ...
>>>> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>>>>     install directory "/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/./gems/=20
>>>> activesupport-1.4.0" not absolute
>>>>
>>>> The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0 =20
>>>> does exist.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions on what I need to change?
>>>> I don't know why the "/./" appears in the path in the error =20
>>>> message.
>>>
>>> What does `gem environment` report?
>>
>> RubyGems Environment:
>>   - VERSION: 0.9.1 (0.9.1)
>>   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/.
>>   - GEM PATH:
>>      - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/.
>>   - REMOTE SOURCES:
>>      - http://gems.rubyforge.org
>>
>> I see that it put "/." at the ends of the paths. It doesn't seem =20
>> like that should be an issue though.
>
> You're missing 1.8 in that path (or 1.9).
>
> What does this say:
>
> ruby -rrbconfig -e 'p Config::CONFIG["ruby_version"]'
>
> I get "1.8".

I get ".".

> How did you install your ruby?

I downloaded ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz, then ran the following commands as =20
root, running on Mac OS X.
gzip =96d ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz
tar xf ruby-1.8.5.tar
cd ruby-1.8.5
./configure
make
make test
make install
make install-doc




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