You should use sudo unless you set your GEM_HOME to some writeable location.
antono@beast:~> export GEM_HOME=/tmp/gems antono@beast:~> gem i maruku Successfully installed maruku-0.6.0 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for maruku-0.6.0... Couldn't find file to include 'MaRuKu.txt' from lib/maruku.rb Installing RDoc documentation for maruku-0.6.0... Couldn't find file to include 'MaRuKu.txt' from lib/maruku.rb antono@beast:~> ls /tmp/gems/ bin cache doc gems specifications See docs: http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729956 Title: Permission denied - /var/lib/gems/1.9.1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
