From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2009-04-30T20:28:06+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems question: install vs. update

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM, 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:

> ...oh, yeah.  Sometimes updating doesn't work!  For instance, I was
> unable to *update* rubygems itself using rubygems.  I eventually had to
> download the latest version of rubygems and *install* locally.

(sudo) gem update --system

normally works to install the latest version of ruby gems, although it
has been known to fail for certain combinations of old installed, and
new versions.

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