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Peter Bhat Harkins
Keep Ruby Gems in Your Home Directory
Code: gems, install, Ruby, RubyGems, shared hosting
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I like keeping my Ruby Gems in my home directory. I don’t have to type sudo in front of every gem command, it’s easier to remember the path to them when I want to read their source, and I don’t have to worry about a sysadmin on a shared host updating a gem before I test it. Here’s how to make those benefits yours: