From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2008-02-01T07:48:09+09:00
Subject: Re: how do you install a local gem?

Alle Thursday 31 January 2008, 7stud -- ha scritto:
> Stefano Crocco wrote:
> > Alle Thursday 31 January 2008, 7stud -- ha scritto:
> >> I get the error:
> >>
> >> $ gem install -r wxruby
> >>
> >> If it is a local file, do I just cd to the directory the file is in and
> >> type:
> >>
> >> $ gem install wxruby
> >>
> >> ???
> >
> > In linux, you simply do:
> >
> > gem install gem_file.gem
> > /Users/me/Desktop/wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem.tar
> >
> > What I find strange is the name of the file you downloaded, since the
> > extension should be .gem, not .gem.tar. Did you get it from rubyforge?
> > From
> > the rubyforge wxruby page, I could download a file called>
> > wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem
> >
> > Of course, being on linux, I can't try to install it.
> >
> > I hope this helps
> >
> > Stefano
>
> Thanks for the response.  This is the file I downloaded:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/30865/wxruby-1.9.4.tar.gz
>
> I think OS X automatically unzips a file after I download it producing:
>
> /Users/me/Desktop/wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem.tar

This seems even more strange. The file wxruby-1.9.4.tar.gz is not the gem 
version, so, even if the file was automatically unzipped, it should be called 
wxruby-1.9.4.tar

If you want to use rubygems, you should download this file:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/30889/wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem

then use

gem install wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem

Stefano