From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2010-03-03T21:38:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Gem Path remove

On Mar 3, 12:27 pm, Andrei Caragea <dracoola4u2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm having trouble installing gems because of a gem path.
>
> C:\>gem install watir
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES)
>     Permission denied - Z:/.gem
>
> C:\>gem env
> RubyGems Environment:
>   - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.1
>   - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
>   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>   - RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe
>   - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby/bin
>   - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
>     - ruby
>     - x86-mswin32-60
>   - GEM PATHS:
>      - C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>      - Z:/.gem/ruby/1.8
>   - GEM CONFIGURATION:
>      - :update_sources => true
>      - :verbose => true
>      - :benchmark => false
>      - :backtrace => false
>      - :bulk_threshold => 1000
>   - REMOTE SOURCES:
>      -http://gems.rubyforge.org/
>
> In my GEM PATHS theres Z:/.gem/ruby/1.8
>
> Can anyone tell me how to remove that path? because that is a network
> drive to which I will never have write access.

Looks like your home or profile directory is Z:, check with this:

ruby -v -e "puts File.expand_path('~')"

You can force a location for gem installation using GEM_PATH and
GEM_HOME environment variables.

RubyGems seems using Z: because it may not have write permissions to
C:/Ruby

Did you or our Administrator install it? If so, would recommend talk
to him and install Ruby "as user" instead.

A newer version of an Installer for Windows has been made available a
few weeks ago. I highly recommend the switch to it:

http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=36423

--
Luis Lavena