RoR gem install bundler (Gem::FilePermissionError)

I followed the steps on: http://docs.webfaction.com/software/rails.html

in section title "Installing Multiple Gems with Bundler" I get to step 6 and it does this:

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$ gem install bundler
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions into the /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 directory

I am logged in as admin so I don't know how I don't have permission. Any help would be greatly appreciated, even just a link to what I should do.

Thank you!

asked Oct 04 '12 at 12:28

gmaniac
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It looks to me like you missed the initial steps from our documentation:

cd $HOME/webapps/app # where 'app' is the name of your rails app
export GEM_HOME=$PWD/gem
export RUBYLIB=$PWD/lib
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH

Those are necessary to let the "gem" command know where to install things, and to ensure that you're running the "gem" executable that is located within your app/bin directory.

answered Oct 04 '12 at 13:30

seanf ♦♦
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edited Oct 04 '12 at 13:31

I went back through and it is working now, I must have done something wrong the first couple of times.... user error

(Oct 04 '12 at 15:43) gmaniac

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