From: Joshua Ballanco <jballanc@...>
Date: 2008-02-01T10:19:08+09:00
Subject: Re: how do you install a local gem?

7stud -- wrote:
> Stefano Crocco wrote:
>> 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
> 
> Whoops.  I went to this page:
> 
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=35
> 
> and I downloaded:
> 
> wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem
> 
> That hit my Desktop as:
> 
> wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem.tar
> 
> and then I had the problems outlined in my first post.

I recall an article on this recently (I believe from the Apple Developer 
Connection). Apparently, due to some form of server oddness, Safari 
seems to tack on spurious .tar and .gz extensions. You should be able to 
simple rename the file, removing the .tar, and install as normal.
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