Hi: I have tried everything i can think of to install RubyGems, but no
> success. I would be grateful for any assistance. In sum, my problem
> is that i can't install the Gems' System (so obviously my problem is
> not with a particular library/Gem-i haven't got that far yet).
> 1. My rig: a MacBook Core 2 Duo; It's my personal Mac and i have the
> admin password.
That is good. You will need the admin password for 'sudo' to install the
rubygems install.
> 2. version of Ruby i'm running (v. 1.82)
This version of Ruby *should* work. Later upto date versions are available at
Darwinports though (see the link below):
> 3. What i've done: went to rubyforge, downloaded and upacked 0.9.4
> RubyGems (tried one prior release just in case, same result)
Use the latest version.
> 4. tried to do an install from my Terminal (% ruby setup.rb <--that's
> hat the readme file says to do, and indeed, that file is in the
> distribution.
That is correct. However, you need to install as root (via sudo).
[...]
> 6. Here's my Terminal window output i got when i tried to run the
> setup file (which i'll copy in tedious detail in case some small piece
> of this is the key):
[...]
> mkdir -p /usr/bin/ install gem
> /usr/bin/ setup.rb:633:in `initialize':
> Permission denied - /usr/bin/gem (Errno::EACCES) from setup.rb:633:in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This says it all. You were trying to install using your normal user ID; you will
need a root ID (i.e., the 'Admin' user ID) to install the ruby gems system.
So, instead of typing the following in terminal:
ruby setup.rb
Do this:
sudo ruby setup.rb
and provide the admin password when the password prompt comes up.
[...]
> 7. I used, i think, Macaroni or something similar to repair my
> permissions (did this several times), then tried to re-install, same
> result.
Your system permissions are fine. This was an access level issue.
HTH,
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Anupam