How do I install ruby gems on Mac
RubyMacosRubygemsRuby Problem Overview
How do I install RubyGems on my Mac?
I tried to run $ gem install rubygems-update
with no luck . It returns
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.
Any help would be great. Thanks
Ruby Solutions
Solution 1 - Ruby
I would highly suggest using a package manager and a Ruby Environment Manager.
On Mac:
brew update
brew install ruby
# If you use bash
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.4.1_1/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
# If you use ZSH:
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.4.1_1/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.zprofile
You can do that but I suggest using an Environment Manager for Ruby.
You have rbenv and RVM.
IMO go for rbenv:
brew install rbenv ruby-build
# bash
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile
# zsh
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zprofile
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.zprofile
# list all available versions:
rbenv install -l
# install a Ruby version:
rbenv install 2.4.1
# set ruby version for a specific dir
rbenv local 2.4.1
# set ruby version globally
rbenv global 2.4.1
rbenv rehash
gem update --system
Solution 2 - Ruby
One more variant is to use brew-gem.
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/brew-gem
https://github.com/sportngin/brew-gem
Just copy/paste from the documentation:
> brew install brew-gem
>
> Usage
>
> brew gem install heroku
>
> To install a specific version: brew gem install heroku 3.8.3
>
> To install using a brew installed ruby(/usr/local/bin/ruby): brew gem install heroku --homebrew-ruby
>
> And with a specific version: brew gem install heroku 3.8.3 --homebrew-ruby
>
> To upgrade: brew gem upgrade heroku
>
> To uninstall: brew gem uninstall heroku
>
> To check information: brew gem info heroku
>
> Note: Installed gems are listed in brew list with prefix of gem-, like gem-heroku.
Solution 3 - Ruby
After installing cocoapods as Tulon suggested the thing which worked for me was passing the --user-install
flag to the gem install command e.g
gem install rubygems-update --user-install
from https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#sudo-less-installation
Solution 4 - Ruby
You may have to install manually in which case (as per the official website):
- Go to the official website and download the zip file
- Unzip the file in a directory.
- Then go to the directory in your terminal and run:
ruby setup.rb
Solution 5 - Ruby
It is showing that you don't have the permission to write something in that directory. Instead use this directory :
sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods
It perfectly work for me.
(I am using macOS Sierra, version 10.12.6)