On Wednesday 15 Feb 2012 08:59:10 Thomas Dziedzic wrote: > /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby - This directory is for user specific > installation and should never be touched by the package manager. > /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby - ruby packages installed with pacman which > aren't gems go here > $HOME/.gem/ruby/[ruby_base_version] - default target when running gem > install foo because --user-install is now in the gemrc file > /etc/gemrc - contains "gem: --user-install" to install user installed > gems with gem to $HOME/.gem/gems > > If the user chooses to install gems using gem, they will have to add > the bin directory to the $PATH: > export PATH="$PATH:$(ruby -rubygems -e 'puts Gem.user_dir')/bin". > > System wide installation of gems by default will be disabled. > If you want system wide gems, either run gem with the > --no-user-install flag like "sudo gem install --no-user-install foo" > You can also install to the system wide location by removing > --user-install from /etc/gemrc This all sounds mostly fine. I assume that "sudo gem install" will simply install the gem using root-owned files in the home directory, right? Paul
