From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-03-22T06:55:12+09:00
Subject: Re: autoinstall gems

On Mar 13, 2008, at 01:20 AM, S2 wrote:
> Is there a way to autoinstall a gem when it is "required" in an .rb  
> file?
>
> say I have:
>
>
> -----
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'HOTP'
>
> puts HOTP.new.calculate_hotp('12345', 1, 6)
> -----
>
>
> Is there a way to make rubygems autoinstall the HOTP gem if it is  
> not already installed?

No, as the list of files in a gem is only available after installation.