From: Chris Hoeppner <chris.webstar@...>
Date: 2009-03-06T19:37:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't require rubygems on osx

Sandor Szücs wrote:
> 
> On Mac OSX 10.5 is ruby,irb,gem preinstalled in /usr/bin/ . I am not
> sure
> on OSX < 10.5.
> Maybe you can try if that works: /usr/bin/ruby -e 'require "rubygems"'
> 
> Maybe you have installed more than one ruby and irb on your computer.
> If you run a zsh then you can ask with `where ruby`, where in the system
> ruby is found.
> 
> If you installed ruby and irb from macports, then it will not find
> rubygems, because you need the package rb-rubygems installed, too.
> 
> hth. regards, Sandor 
> Sz�cs

You got me on the right track. When installing rubygems from source, I 
ran "rake install", instead of "/my/ruby setup.rb".

Most of the times, the most weird problems, arise when one makes a 
simple but crucial mistake.
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