From: Spencer Roach <sroach@...>
Date: 2010-08-20T23:29:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9.2 is released


On 8/20/10 12:00 AM, "Caio Chassot" <dev@caiochassot.com> wrote:

> Caio Chassot wrote:
>> sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/*ubygem*
>> cd your-ruby-src-path
>> sudo make install  # assuming you have it compiled from before
> 
> Oh, that's interesting.
> 
> Turns out rubygems was trying to load from
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems, but the newly installed
> rubygems are in /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems. So, that's probably
> what was wrong. I guess you don't even need to `make install` again,
> just nuke the unwanted gem installation in site_ruby.
> 
> Again, the paths:
> 
> * /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems            # <== good
> * /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems  # <== bad
> 
> Fair warning: This may only apply to my system. Think twice before you
> go `rm -rf`-happy on yours. :P

Thanks for this!  That was the solution I needed...works like a charm now!