From: wroxdb Date: 2010-11-01T12:13:11+09:00 Subject: Re: gems install failed Sorry I have got it installed correctly. Coz I shall install ruby1.8-dev firstly. But another question: irb(main):003:0* require 'rubygems' => true irb(main):004:0> require 'cassandra' => true what's the purpose of require 'rubygems'? I found that if I didn't require rubygems then require cassandra will get fail. Thanks. 2010/11/1 wroxdb : > Hello, > > Sorry I'm totally new in ruby and gems. > I installed a module via gems failed this day.