From: Corey Jewett <ml@...>
Date: 2007-09-01T14:35:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Fail to Install Gems - My First Gems

On Aug 31, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Foolish Brat wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I was trying to install first ruby gems.
> I have successfully done the following:
>
> $ ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/home/mystuff
> $ ruby setup.rb setup
>
> But when I run this command:
>
> $ ruby setup.rb install
>
> ...sth..
> As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed.
> Searching $LOAD_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a
> while)...
> ...done.
> No library stubs found.
>
> Consequently I can't install antying like that with Gems.
> "gem" command doesn't work.
>
> $ gem --help
> /home/ewijaya/.ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ 
> custom_require.rb:32:in
> `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sources (LoadError)
>         from
> /home/ewijaya/.ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ 
> custom_require.rb:32:in
> `require'
>         from
> /home/ewijaya/.ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ 
> source_info_cache.rb:6

You probably need to:

$ export GEM_HOME=/home/mystuff/gems

Corey