From: vaibhav kadian <kadyan.vaibhav@...>
Date: 2009-02-23T20:00:14+09:00
Subject: Re: how to install wxruby2 offline

On Feb 23, 3:32 pm, Stefano Crocco <stefano.cro...@alice.it> wrote:
> Alle Monday 23 February 2009, vaibhav kadian ha scritto:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 23, 2:50 pm, Stefano Crocco <stefano.cro...@alice.it> wrote:
> > > Alle Monday 23 February 2009, vaibhav kadian ha scritto:
> > > > Hi
>
> > > > This might not be the right question to ask at such a high tech group
> > > > but as i want to learn it, i have to ask it somewhere.
>
> > > > I have ruby 1.8.6 patch 111 and gem 1.0.1
>
> > > > now i want wxruby2 but as the 'gem install wxruby2' tries to install
> > > > fromhttp://rubyforge.org, it timed out.
> > > > I can see the files onhttp://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=35. Can i
> > > > download the tar files and install it locally?
> > > > How? because i dont want to leave it to network to do it.......i know
> > > > it sound wierd but i can download the files but unable to install.
>
> > > > Need a way to install offline using a file wxruby2 and wxsugar
>
> > > Yes, you can. Simply, give gem the path of the file you downloaded,
> > > instead of just the gem name:
>
> > > gem install /path/to/downloaded/wxruby-something.gem
>
> > > I hope this helps
>
> > > Stefano
>
> > dont you think .gem files try to download it from rubyforge.org, which
> > is what i dont want
> > i want a complete set locally. after which i'll disconnet from web and
> > install
>
> > Thanks
>
> I'm not sure I understand you correctly. I did the following:
>
> * downloaded the file wxruby-1.9.10-x86-linux.gem fromhttp://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=35&release_id=31089and put it into
> /home/stefano/downloads
>
> * issued the command
>   gem install /home/stefano/downloads/wxruby-1.9.10-x86-linux.gem
>
> This installed wxruby-1.9.19 without having gem trying to connect to the web.
> If you want to absolutely sure of this, you can also pass the --local command
> line option to gem, but it shouldn't be necessary.
>
> By the way, referring to the other mail you posted, you can't install the
> tar.gz file you found on rubyforge using rubygems. If you want to use that,
> you'll need to install it manually.
>
> Stefano

Thanks Stefano
local option did the trick ...... that tells I am new to ruby