Ruby Gems returns “command not found”

Question

Ubuntu 9.10

Just installed newgem

gem install newgem

and when i try

newgem new_project

I get

Answer 1

Your $PATH variable needs to include the exact path to your Ruby's bin directory. Adding a directory to the PATH does not include it's subfolders. Try adding the bin directory via:

export PATH=$PATH:/home/adam/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin

or if you installed the gem using sudo:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/bin

You might want to add this to your .bashrc file, so that you don't have to set this manually every time your open up a new bash.