From: Chad Fowler Date: 2007-02-07T03:29:16+09:00 Subject: Re: ANN: RubyGems 0.9.2 On 2/6/07, Chris Martin wrote: > On 2/5/07, Jim Weirich wrote: > > = Announce: RubyGems Release 0.9.2 > > > > Release 0.9.2 is a maintenance release of RubyGems that fix some minor > > bugs in the 0.9.1 release. > > > > Bug Fixes Include: > > > > * The "unpack" command now works properly. > > * User name and password are now passed properly to the authenticating > > proxy when downloading gems. > > > > == What is RubyGems? > > > > RubyGems is a package management system for Ruby applications and > > libraries. RubyGems one command download makes installing Ruby software > > fun and enjoyable again. (Ok, not really.) > > > > Many gems are available for download from the RubyForge site. Browse > > the list of gems with a "gem list --remote" command and download what > > you need with a simple "gem install ". RubyGems takes care > > of the details of installing, not only the gem you requested, but also > > any gems needed by the software you selected. > > > > == RubyGems Statistics > > > > * About 1300 different gems are available from RubyForge > > * Over 500 thousand downloads of the RubyGems software > > * Over 8.5 million gem downloads > > > > If you are interested in finding out when new gems are released, I > > maintain an RSS feed at http://onestepback.org/gemwatch.rss. > > > > == How can I get RubyGems? > > > > If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all > > you need to do is: > > > > $ gem update --system (you might need to be admin/root) > > > > (Note: You may have to run the command twice if you have any previosly > > installed rubygems-update gems). > > > > If you have an older version of RubyGems installed, then you can still > > do it in two steps: > > > > $ gem install rubygems-update (again, might need to be admin/root) > > $ update_rubygems (... here too) > > > > If you don't have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem > > approach to getting software ... doing it manually: > > > > 1. DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126 > > 2. UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE > > 3. INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb all (you may need admin/root privilege) > > > > == What's Next > > > > The next big thing on the plate is to integrate the local/remote gem > > logic and make the whole thing more consistent. > > > > == Thanks > > > > Major contributors to this release include: > > > > * Anatol Pomozov > > > > Keep those gems coming! > > > > -- Jim & Chad (for the RubyGems team) > > > > -- > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > > > I just updated from 0.9.0 to 0.9.2 with > gem update --system > > Everything appeared to go OK, but now I can't update or install anything > > thisbox:~ cmartin$ sudo gem update --include-dependencies > Updating installed gems... > ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError) > undefined method `refresh' for # > > thisbox:~ cmartin$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby > ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError) > undefined method `refresh' for # > > thisbox:~ cmartin$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies > ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError) > undefined method `refresh' for # > > thisbox:~ cmartin$ sudo gem install rails > ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError) > undefined method `refresh' for # > > Any suggestions? > > -- Could you do sudo gem install rails --backtrace and paste the output? Thanks, Chad