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How install gems locally?

I have no internet connection on server machine, so I need to install gems locally. I tried gem install rails-2.3.4.gem But, I'm getting errors. How Can I install gems locally. Thanks. ...

using activerecord library without installing active record gem

Hi I downloaded the active record library. I dont want to install it as gem in the system. I want to use that by requiring the lib like 'require "active_record"' How to include the path of the source code of active record. So that I can make my program to execute. ...

Showing all a Gem's build flags

This is more a curiosity than necessity question. I've just installed nokogiri again with RubyGems and it is saying "WARNING: Nokogiri was built against LibXML version 2.7.5, but has dynamically loaded 2.7.6" This is easy enough to fix, but it lead to a more general question: how do I see all the configuration options for a rubygem befor...

How can I abstract out the core functionality of several Rails applications?

I'd like to develop a number of non-trivial Rails applications which all implement a core set of functionality but each have certain particular customizations, extensions, and aesthetic differences. How can I pull the core functionality (models, controllers, helpers, support classes, tests) common to all these systems out in such a way t...

Using Thor for generators in a Ruby Gem

How do I setup a Gem to have a binary command eg. "project newProject" that uses Thor's set of generator commands to create files etc.? A good answer would describe how to layout the skeleton of a gem that that when run from the command line "project newProject" creates 1 file named "newProject.txt" in the directory it's run from. I've...

Trouble reinstalling Gem after power failure

Yesterday I tried to install Jeweler via Rubygems, however somewhere in the middle of the process I had a power failure, resulting in my computer turning off in the middle of the installation process. Once I got it back up, I tried to reinstall Jeweler, however resulting in an error I've had trouble decoding. Does anyone have any ide...

having a weird bug with mongrel - please help!

this is from the development log... /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:101:in `dispatch_cgi' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:27:in `dispatch' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in `process' /usr/lib/ruby/g...

Gems install fine but don't show as installed under rake gems

I'll show you my output here: rake gems (in /Users/jp/Sites/central/trunk) - [F] authlogic - [R] activesupport - [F] builder - [F] formtastic - [R] activesupport >= 2.3.0 - [R] actionpack >= 2.3.0 - [ ] fastercsv I = Installed F = Frozen R = Framework (loaded before rails starts) Making sure fastercsv is i...

Issues finding gems installed in my home directory during runtime

I'm on a shared host (yes, non ideal...but cheap!) and setting up gems for my rails app, and can't figure out why the gems are unavailable from ruby scripts (probably doing something stupid!) Env. variables: GEM_PATH = /home/myhome/ruby/gems:/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/ GEM_HOME = /home/myhome/ruby/gems PATH = /usr/local/bin:/bin:/us...

How to use these ruby based CSS stylsheet frameworks languages?

I read about many CSS related languages and tools which need ruby. What is the purpose of these languages and tool how these can save time and improve our CSS coding. What is the role in ruby language in these languages and tool. Will i have to install and learn ruby language to use these languages and tool. will i need ruby installed ...

RubyGem version error: activesupport(1.4.4 not = 3.0.0.beta) (Gem::LoadError)

Hello, I want to use the last version of rails, in my Gemfile: gem 'rails', '3.0.0.beta3' When trying to start my server I get this error, do you know how I can fix this issue? $rails s /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems.rb:777:in `report_activate_error': RubyGem version error: activesupport(1.4.4 not = 3.0.0.beta) (Gem::LoadError) f...

Updating RubyGems alongside an existing packaged installation on Joyent

On a Joyent accelerator I'm working with, Ruby and Rubygems were installed when the server was initially setup using Cool Stack. The existing version of Rubygems is version 0.9.2. When it comes to upgrading RubyGems using the 'sudo gem install rubygems-update' and 'sudo update_rubygems' commands, it results in the following error: ./li...

Jruby Gems-in-a-jar issue

Hi all, I am trying to write some code in ruby (using jruby) to be compiled to java bytecode with jrubyc and deployed to a remote machine where it will be run on the JVM (no ruby available there). Everything works fine as long as I am happy to stick with the standard jruby library. As explained on the jruby website, I simply copy the jr...

Ruby Gems Not Installing, Hangs While Getting Gems

I recently cleared out all of my ruby install and installed form sources using the instructions at hivelogic I have have been able to install a few gems, but most of the time, "sudo gem install rails" hangs. I've added the -V flag, and it just seems to hang, I don't get any error. And the process can not be killed. I can only reboot...

Format relative dates

Is there a ruby gem that will format dates relative to the current time? I want output like "Tomorrow at 5pm", "Thursday next week at 5:15pm", I'm not too concerned about the exact output, just as long as it's relative dates in natural language ...

Nested Model Form p1 Railscasts example

Has anyone managed to make the example at http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1 work? When I followed through the sample, it never saves any question nor the answer to the database but it manages to create a new survey entry. I am using: Rails 2.3.5 ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32] nifty-ge...

Unable to have nokogiri obey custom path parameters during install

I am trying to install nokogiri locally on dreamhost using the commands: $ wget ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.6.tar.gz $ wget ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxslt-1.1.26.tar.gz $ tar zxvf libxml2-2.7.6.tar.gz $ cd libxml2-2.7.6 $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/ --exec-prefix=$HOME/local $ make && make install $ cd .. $ tar zxvf l...

Failing to install activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter gem

I am trying to follow the basic "Create a blog in 20 minutes" Rails screencast but have hit a stumbling block already. When I try to rake db:migrate I get errors about the gem activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter not being installed. When I try to install it, I am told it doesn't exist. If I try to simply gem install mysql I get all sorts of...

RubyGems installation errors both when using 'sudo' and not using sudo

I have a machine that is running Ubuntu Hardy, which provides its own RubyGems package. Unfortunately that version of RubyGems (1.1.1) is too old to do anything useful with, so I decided to manually update RubyGems to the current version (1.3.6). That part went smoothly, and if I do gem -v, I get 1.3.6 which is expected. The problem i...

testing devise with shoulda and machinist

hello! I´d like to test my app with shoulda and machinist. I use the devise authentification gem. I get following error: $ ruby unit/page_test.rb c:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb:119:Warning: Gem::Dependency#version_requirements is deprecated and will be rem oved on or after August 2010. Use #req...