From: Tom Moulton Date: 2012-08-08T12:06:16+09:00 Subject: Re: Gem install or usage problem in shared environment Ryan Davis wrote in post #1071615: > On Aug 7, 2012, at 16:28 , Tom Moulton wrote: > >> >> And for a SECOND time I am asking for any other suggestion other than >> DON'T DO THAT! > > Where the hell did I say that? I suggested what I thought the problem > was and how to diagnose it. > Sorry I guess the email -> web interface must have dropped some emails This is the thread as I saw it: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/4404620 I see your points. As I stated in the first post I am on a Westhost shared hosting account so I do not have root access and they provide a local gems storage... They are the same install and maybe the environment variable they suggested is unique to them. (I am not sure if standard gems install supports local installs with no root access when ruby/gems is installed with root) tom ps. sorry I was a bit rude, I did not consider the email<->forum interface had flaws -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.