From: Ruby Student <ruby.student@...>
Date: 2009-03-21T00:22:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing Ruby and Ruby Gems in a USB Flash Stick

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Alex Fenton <alex@deleteme.pressure.to>wrote:

> Ruby Student wrote:
>
> Had anyone installed Ruby in a USB Flash Stick?
>>
>
> ...
>
>
>   1. When I run it from a machine that already has ruby installed, I don't
>>   know from where ruby is running.
>>   2. When I try to install any gem, it actuall go to the C-Drive instead
>> of
>>   my USB stick. I noticed that you can tell gem where to install gems, but
>> it
>>   is not clear to me.
>>
>
> You should look into setting a PATH environment variable to tell the system
> you're working on to look for the 'ruby' and 'gem' executables on the USB
> stick, rather than on C:/ etc. Have a look at:
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=path+environment
>
> alex
>
>

Thanks Alex!
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Ruby Student

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