From: Jeremy Heiler <jeremyheiler@...>
Date: 2007-05-29T00:39:47+09:00
Subject: Re: gem install  directory error


On May 28, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Craig Jolicoeur wrote:

> I updated my ruby/rails stack this morning on my mac os x 10.4.9
> machine.  Now I'm having a problem intalling gems.  I get the  
> following
> error while trying to install a gem
>
> ****
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>     install directory "/usr/local//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.5"
> not absolute
> ****
>
> Here is the output from a gem environment command
>
> ****
> RubyGems Environment:
>   - VERSION: 0.9.2 (0.9.2)
>   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local//lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>   - GEM PATH:
>      - /usr/local//lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>   - REMOTE SOURCES:
>      - http://gems.rubyforge.org
> ****
>
> I'm not sure what the issue is or how to correct it.  Any ideas????
>
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>
What's with the double slash after local? I'm sure that's not the  
problem but I'm just curious =)