From: Aaron Broad Date: 2010-01-15T06:19:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Getting Started w Ruby on MacOSX -- ri/RDoc error M. Norton wrote: > I did finally figure it out so I will document the answer here in case > it helps someone else. > > Somewhere along the line with installing ruby, rails, and other gems, > the local ri cache was created and owned by root. I'm not entirely > sure why, but that explained the lack of permissions. If you get > errors similar to what I described above, check your local directory > "ls -al" and look to see if root owns .ri1.9/. Blow that away and > then rerun ri. It'll rebuild the cache and hopefully be owned by your > own self. > > Hope this helps. > > All the best, > Mark Norton Hi, Just wanted to let you know you helped someone. Ran into the exact same problem on Mint linux today, and your post came up with a little googling. A simple "sudo chown -R aaron:aaron /home/aaron/.ri1.9.1/" saved the day! Aaron -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.