From: Jean-Julien Fleck <jeanjulien.fleck@...>
Date: 2010-06-12T13:23:00+09:00
Subject: Re: require command problem

Hello,

> Would you be kind enough to solve this  problem for me ?
> 1.why  in my system
> /var/lib/gems/1.8 and  /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin aren't both writable.
> how to make them writable?

You have to be root to write there:

sudo gem install hello

> 2.how can i use require command this way:  require  'hello'  not
> require  '/home/pt/test/hello'?

You have to require rubygems first for your ruby to know where to look for gems:

require 'rubygems'
require 'hello'

Cheers,

-- 
JJ Fleck
PCSI1 Lycée Kléber