I have a gem installed but require 'gemname' does not work. Why?

Question

The question I\'m really asking is why require does not take the name of the gem. Also, In the case that it doesn\'t, what\'s the easiest way to find the secret incantation

Answer 1

You need to include "rubygems" only if you installed the gem using gem . Otherwise , the secret incantation would be to fire up irb and try different combinations . Also , you can pass the -I option to the ruby interpreter so that you include the instalation directory of the gem , in the LOAD_PATH . Note that $LOAD_PATH is an array , which means you can add directories to it from within your script.