Install a ruby library with it's .gem file

Ruby
1

Hello everybody!

May some one tell me how can I install a ruby library using it’s “.gem”
file

I’ve tried to proceed like this:

gem install --install-dir PATH library_name

the output was like this
Successfully installed library_name.version
1 gem installed

but when I call it from the irb with require, it display the not found
error
message
thank you

2

Just run gem as usual, but from the path where the library lies.

“gem install yourlib”

Then it will skip the online lookup.

Regards,
Florian G.

3

On 2008.11.19., at 11:50, Lyes A. wrote:

the output was like this
Successfully installed library_name.version
1 gem installed

That’s the way to go about it!

but when I call it from the irb with require, it display the not
found error
message

require ‘rubygems’

before requiring the other gem doesn’t help?

Cheers,
Peter

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4

Ok! thank you , I will try it