You don't have write permissions into the /var/lib/gems/1.9.1 directory
问题 I got this error, for all gem that I try to install: ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions into the /var/lib/gems/1.9.1 directory. obs. I'm running on Ubuntu 14. 回答1: According the question I see a few steps in order to allow writing to /var/lib/gems : Create gems (if not any) group, and add yourself to the group: $ groupadd -f gems $ usermod -aG gems $(whoami) When reenter to the session: $ sudo -u $(whoami) bash Allow write for a gems