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Doesn't gem install path_to_gem.gem work? (I could have sworn there was something like that.) Though, most of your complaints are very vaild. Also add on that

• e1ven 18y ago
  In this particular case it's complicated by the fact that ruby gems isn't pre-packaged for Ubuntu 6.06, but in the general case, yes, that would make the installation component of it faster. My frustration comes mainly in that Ubuntu makes nice, easy systems to keep everything consistent; Ruby gems make an end-run around these systems. No matter WHAT it might do on it's own, it bypasses the rules that the rest of the system lives by.
  • litewulf 18y ago
    You CAN use apt-get to install ruby packages. But it totally totally sucks. (And as for the Ubuntu thing. I keep around the tarball with the ruby gem source, and have a script that scps, untars, and runs the install script. I have to type in the root password, but thats about it. Its definitely not ideal, but there are worse things ;))