# Problem installing gems

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-installing-gems/21683>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [19 October 2005 03:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-installing-gems/21683 "2005-10-19T03:26:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Petermichaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Petermichaux](https://rubytalk.org/u/Petermichaux)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2005 03:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-installing-gems/21683/1 "2005-10-19T03:26:58Z")

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Hi,

I am using OS X 10.3 and I succesfully installed ruby 1.8.2

Now I'm trying to install gems. It doesn't work ☹

Any ideas?

Thanks,  
Peter

peter-michauxs-computer:~ peter$ sudo ruby  
/Users/peter/Desktop/rubygems-0.8.11/setup.rb install  
Password:  
rm -f InstalledFiles  
---\> bin  
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin  
install /Users/peter/Desktop/rubygems-0.8.11/bin/gem /usr/local/bin/

- Snip -

install /Users/peter/Desktop/rubygems-0.8.11/lib/rubygems/version.rb  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems  
\<--- lib/rubygems  
\<--- lib

As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed.  
Searching $LOAD\_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a  
while)...  
....done.  
No library stubs found.

hook /Users/peter/Desktop/rubygems-0.8.11/./post-install.rb failed:  
No such file or directory - pkgs/sources  
Try 'ruby /Users/peter/Desktop/rubygems-0.8.11/setup.rb --help' for  
detailed usage.

peter-michauxs-computer:~/Desktop/rubygems-0.8.11 peter$ ls -la pkgs

total 0  
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter 102 13 Jul 17:46 ./  
drwxr-xr-x 18 peter peter 612 13 Jul 17:46 ../  
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter 136 13 Jul 17:46 sources/

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**Author:** ![Petermichaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Petermichaux](https://rubytalk.org/u/Petermichaux)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2005 03:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-installing-gems/21683/2 "2005-10-19T03:46:57Z")

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I was trying gems 0.8.11

I tried 0.8.10 and it was successful

-Peter