Jano Svitok
1/10/2007 9:23:00 PM
On 1/10/07, Jeff <cohen.jeff@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm on WinXP, Ruby 1.8.5, Gems 0.9.
>
> I'm trying to install a gem that depends on other gems, all doing this
> locally without an internet connection. The Rails gem is a good
> example and the one that I'm experimenting with.
>
> First I downloaded the Rails-related gems:
>
> C:\dev\gems>dir
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 14E7-0D73
>
> Directory of C:\dev\gems
>
> 01/10/2007 02:19 PM <DIR> .
> 01/10/2007 02:19 PM <DIR> ..
> 11/28/2006 03:50 PM 81,920 actionmailer-1.2.5.gem
> 11/28/2006 03:50 PM 530,432 actionpack-1.12.5.gem
> 11/28/2006 03:51 PM 67,072 actionwebservice-1.1.6.gem
> 11/28/2006 03:50 PM 349,696 activerecord-1.14.4.gem
> 11/28/2006 03:50 PM 49,152 activesupport-1.3.1.gem
> 11/28/2006 03:51 PM 144,896 rails-1.1.6.gem
> 6 File(s) 1,223,168 bytes
>
>
>
> And then I tried to install the rails gem, telling it to install all
> the other gems too, and only use the local machine from which to find
> the dependencies:
>
> C:\dev\gems>gem install rails-1.1.6.gem --include-dependencies --local
>
> ERROR: Error installing gem rails-1.1.6.gem[.gem]: rails requires
> activesupport = 1.3.1
>
> I don't know why I'm getting this error.
>
> I'm assuming that --local means it should just look on the local
> machine, or is that wrong?
>
> Or is there a more obvious/easier way to do this? I'm tired of
> installing each gem one at a time :-) But more importantly I'm just
> trying to learn the rules about how the Gems installer works.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks!
>
> Jeff
You can pass more gems on the commandline, you'll need to pass them
in the correct order, however (from the least dependent to the most
dependent ones).
Besides that, it's possible that an easier way exists.