From: Andrew Goodnough <agoodno@...>
Date: 2009-01-17T04:23:29+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGem, find path of installed gem through ruby.

Tom Cloyd wrote:
> Aaron Smith wrote:
>> found it. try this:
>>
>> $ irb
>> $ require "rubygems"
>> $ puts Gem.default_path
>>
>> -A
>>   
> Super - easier. I do get 2 paths, though -
> /home/tomc/.gem/ruby/1.8
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
> 
> So you'll still have to locate and extract, but that's nothing (and
> maybe your install is set up differently...?)
> 

Thanks for this thread - exactly what I needed as well.  I think code to 
find the particular library should try prepending the paths returned 
from Gem.default_path in order they are returned, as a gem installed in 
a user directory should trump a system gem.

Andy
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