Specify gem installation directory

Question

I have some trouble here. I am working with a Rails 2.3 project (working on the production server through ssh - don\'t ask why). Here is the Gemfile. When delayed_jobs is t

Answer 1

To install foo gem to a specified folder, just use --install-dir option, i.e.

$ gem install --install-dir /path/to/gems/folder foo

It helps when:

• one cannot use bundle install - e.g. if one wants to install bundle gem itself, or wants to install a gem (which is not listed in Gemfile) into the bundle folder
• sudo gem install command fails due to lack of write-permissions for a default installation path

Hope that helps.