On Nov 30, 3:26 am, tdub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aloha All,
>
> I have downloaded many gems in .gem and .tar format from Rubyforge to
> my dir /usr/local/src/gems/. However, I got the following error below
> when executing "gem install mongrel-1.1.5.gem" or any other gems from
> the dir above.
>
Don't download them to /usr/local/src/gems.
Download them to somewhere like your home folder or the desktop and
then run
gem install path/to/the/file.gem
Fred
> "ERROR: could not find gem mongrel-1.1.5.gem locally or in a
> repository"
>
> I've notice that within the .gem folder there are two files
> (data.tar.gz and metadata.gz). Hope that helps.
>
> Here is my system layout:
> Mac OS 10.5.5 client stock
> Dir: /usr/local/
> /usr/local/src/gems/all_the_download_gems
> Installed: Ruby (1.8.7-p72) and Rubygems (1.3.1) to /usr/local/
>
> Please help or point me in the right direction on HOWTO install a
> download gem from a local directory.
>
> Much mahalo in advance. -Tdub
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