From: James Coglan <jcoglan@...>
Date: 2009-01-10T21:52:51+09:00
Subject: Re: I can't uninstall a few gems

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2009/1/6 Oren Golan <orengolan@gmail.com>

> thanks, it worked.
> so is it normal or should i fix it somehow so all my gems will be in a
> single location?



I've run into this issue myself. I'm not sure how you're "supposed" to solve
it, but I just make sure I install using sudo. Put this in your .bashrc:

alias gem-inst="sudo gem install"

Then install gems using, e.g.

gem-inst rails

Then all your gems will go in /usr/lib rather than ~/.gems.

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