On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:36 AM, rubynewbie <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Apr 16, 1:48 am, Bryan Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Shafeeq <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Apr 14, 4:46 pm, Michael Pavling <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 14 April 2011 12:30, Shafeeq <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The question is quite simple. > > > > > > But the answer to simple questions is frequently much more > complicated... > > > > > > > Is there a way I can package Rails gem and > > > > > all its dependencies (in a machine where I have internet > connection) > > > > > into a single file to be FTPed to the server (where I dont have > > > > > internet) for installation? > > > > > > Yes. You can download all the dependent gems from rubygems.org. Zip > > > > them into one file, and ftp them > > Do i have to locate the gem files manually in order to zip them > into a single file? Say i run "gem dependency -r rails" which > returns me a list of say 100 gems. These gems are located in a > directory where there are already 1000 gem files which includes these > Rails and its dependent files also. Do I have to browse through the > file system manually to locate these 100 rails dependent gem > files(from the already existing 1000 files) in order to package/zip > them into a single file? Wouldn't that be painful? Is there an > automated way of packaging the gem files which would take the output > from "gem dependency -r rails" and package them into a single file? > > Yes you have to locate them. The good news is that 99.9% of the time they are all installed in the same path. This makes your job of finding them easier. Do you have to find them all by hand? No, you're a programmer. Write a script that parses the output and then gets the packages for you placing them all into one nice zip file. Not everything in life is going to come easy and nicely packaged for you. Sometimes you have to work at it. B. > Thanks, > > S > > > > > > > Thanks. When you said I can download all the dependent gems and > > > zip them, do i have to download them all manually from rubygems.org > > > using a browser? Or if I choose to download them all through RubyGems > > > installer whats the path where I can find all the downloaded gems in > > > the rails installation location? > > > > No you don't have to download through a browser from rubygems.org. You > can > > download them through the gem installer. You can find the location of > where > > a gem is installed on your system by running the following command: > > > > gem which <name_of_gem> > > > > > If the Gems are present at a location > > > where there are lots of other non-Rails Gems, then wouldn't it be very > > > painful to segregate the Rails Gems? > > > > There will be lots of gems installed on your system for different > reasons. > > No it is not painful to segregate them. You can see a list of the gems > that > > Rails has a dependency on by running the following command: > > > > gem dependency rails > > > > The gem installer is your best tool. Take the time to read the manuals > which > > will give you more than enough information on the above questions you > have > > and more. > > > > http://docs.rubygems.org/ > > > > > I wish there was a simpler way like all the Rails Gems packaged > > > into one bundle available for download. This is in addition to the > > > existing way of installation. This is about having an additional > > > option to a valid situation where you can install do an installation > > > over the internet. > > > > The easier way is the gem installer whether you are connected to the > > internet or you have a copy of the gem package file you transferred onto > > your server from another machine. The gem installer does not need the > > internet to install a gem. You just have to have the gem you want to > > install. Where are all the packages that you need to install Rails? > > rubygems.org. And now the argument has come full circle. > > > > B. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
