From: Melvin Clarkson Date: 2009-11-04T03:05:58+09:00 Subject: Re: I can not load rubygems onto ruby using linux Aaron Patterson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 08:09:02AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote: >> >> from setup.rb:24 >> > >> > How did you unpack this tarball? Can you do a "pwd" and an "ls -al" in >> > the directory where you're running setup.rb? >> >> Hi, >> i >> I have lists the output below, thanks >> >> I downloaded rubygems-1.3.5.tgz > > Looks like you unzipped rubygems incorrectly. After you unzip rubygems, > it should look something like this: > > http://skitch.com/aaron.patterson/nfc3p/terminal-bash-80x24 > > Try unzipping rubygems like this: > > $ tar zxvf rubygems-1.3.5.tgz Hi Aaron, A real big thankyou. The instructions on the ruby website must be wrong because I followed them on two different machines. I now have gems installed, so I can start to have a play with rails. MPC. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.