Hi Chad, thanks for all these tips! GemInstaller seems to be very useful.
I'll give it a try and will open tickets if I meet issues. thank you! Thibaut Barrère -- [blog] http://evolvingworker.com - tools for a better day [blog] http://blog.logeek.fr - about writing software On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Chad Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Thibaut Barrère <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> Is there a way to install these gems without having sudo rights (ie: >> compiling into some specific folder, telling rubygems where to pick the >> binaries, or any other solution ?) >> > > GemInstaller can help with this - not by freezing, but by ensuring you > install/activate the correct versions. Check out > http://geminstaller.rubyforge.org. Docs are a little out of date, but > here's the relevant parts: > > 1. Use rails config/preinitializer.rb or merb config/init.rb to hook in > GemInstaller.install (to install) and GemInstaller.autogem (to activate). > This will install/activate the exact version you have in your > geminstaller.yml. > > 2. Use standard RubyGems mechanisms to ensure that gems are > installed/loaded from a non-root location, like ~/.gems. Currently you can > do this by setting gemhome and gempath in ~/.gemrc and ensuring the > ~/.gem/.../bin dir is on your path, but this capability may be removed in > future rubygems versions. If it is removed, you can always override it with > the corresponding RubyGems environment variables for gem home and path. > > Feel free to ask for help on the GemInstaller mailing list or lighthouse > tickets if you have problems/questions, and this will also inspire me to > update the docs (I just spent a ton of time getting them publishable again > after webgen/redcloth upgrades, so I can actually add new content again). > > -- Chad > > > _______________________________________________ > Rubygems-developers mailing list > Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers >
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