Jiggy Jiggy wrote: > I run a small RoR application on a company server. I try to install > my own list of gems because I would like to test new features, but the > admin did not want to install these because these may disrupt other > applications. Since I know that I can install some gems locally in my > own machine, I ask the admin if it is possible to have a separate set > of gems only for my application or for my user account. However, he > said "no." Is it really impossible to do that?
No. Your admin does not know what he is talking about: gem will install in ~/.gem if it can't get write access to the system gem path. However, for Rails apps, there's a better way: rake gems:unpack will put gems into your app's vendor/gems directory. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
