How can I install a local gem?

Question

If I download a .gem file to a folder in my computer, can I install it later using gem install?

Answer 1

You can download gems from https://rubygems.org/gems/ or build you local gem via bundle and rack.

eg:

• bundle gem yourGemName
• rake install

Take care of installing dependencies before installing actual gems.

• gem install --local /pathToFolder/xxx-2.6.1.gem

Note: If using fluentd td-agent and ruby on same machine. Please make sure to use td-agent's td-agent-gem command. td-agent has own Ruby.