Thanks, Eric, for great response. The problem with doing "sudo gem install" is that I think env variables such as "PATH" are not passed when you do sudo. So, gems might give some errors.
I am not familiar with environment.rb method. Could you explain or give me a link about this? I'd like gems to be globally available to all ruby/rails users. Thanks. On Sep 17, 6:41 pm, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't really matter and primarily depends on your execution > environment. If you `sudo gem install ...` it will put them in the > system gem directory, if you are installing them as a user, it will > give you that error and create a .gem directory in your home > directory. What's important is that the gems are available to the user > that the app will run under, though if you use the environment.rb > method (typically "config.gem ..."), you can install all of the gems > to that user's environment upon deployment via rake gems:install. > > At any rate, you should never have to use a mode of 777. If you think > you do, you're likely Doing It Wrong. > > -eric > > On Sep 17, 5:55 pm, catel1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am new to Solaris and new to Ruby. When I install some gem file > > using > > gem install, I get this warning. I'd like to make these gems available > > globally: > > > bash-3.00$ gem install thor > > WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 > > and > > /opt/coolstack/bin aren't both writable. > > /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:149: > > warning: Insecure world writable dir /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby in PATH, > > mode 040777 > > > Should I just chmod 777 /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 /opt/ > > coolstack/bin > > > or should I do something else?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
