Telling gems where to install

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hi -

gems is great but it kind of hides the code. id like to download
certain gems and customize/build on them.

is there a way to tell a gem to install to a particular directory?

and if an app is built on a gem, to then run it using all the gem
source local in that dir rather than in /usr/local/lib ...

thanks!

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The GEM_HOME environment variable is the catch-all way, but there are also arguments to gem install. RubyGems does not know how to search multiple directories for gems.

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On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:17, dc wrote:

gems is great but it kind of hides the code. id like to download
certain gems and customize/build on them.

is there a way to tell a gem to install to a particular directory?

and if an app is built on a gem, to then run it using all the gem
source local in that dir rather than in /usr/local/lib ...

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I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

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Eric Hodel wrote:

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On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:17, dc wrote:

gems is great but it kind of hides the code. id like to download
certain gems and customize/build on them.

is there a way to tell a gem to install to a particular directory?

and if an app is built on a gem, to then run it using all the gem
source local in that dir rather than in /usr/local/lib ...

The GEM_HOME environment variable is the catch-all way, but there are
also arguments to gem install. RubyGems does not know how to search
multiple directories for gems.

Can you clarify on this?

Reading http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/11 it seems to support multiple
gem directories.

Am I wrong?

Stefan

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You are right, I am wrong.

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On Dec 28, 2006, at 15:31, Stefan Mahlitz wrote:

Eric Hodel wrote:

On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:17, dc wrote:

gems is great but it kind of hides the code. id like to download
certain gems and customize/build on them.

is there a way to tell a gem to install to a particular directory?

and if an app is built on a gem, to then run it using all the gem
source local in that dir rather than in /usr/local/lib ...

The GEM_HOME environment variable is the catch-all way, but there are
also arguments to gem install. RubyGems does not know how to search
multiple directories for gems.

Can you clarify on this?

Reading http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/11 it seems to support multiple
gem directories.

Am I wrong?

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Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!