# Accessing gems from /home dir

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-gems-from-home-dir/93019>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 26, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-gems-from-home-dir/93019 "2007-04-26T17:58:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jzakiya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@jzakiya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jzakiya)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-gems-from-home-dir/93019/1 "2007-04-26T17:58:02Z")

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I’m running Linux on a Toshiba Satellite laptop.

In my home dir I have Ruby 1.8.6.  
In my root dir I have Ruby 1.8.4 which was installed  
from my distro’s repositories (PCLinuxOS).

All the gems I’ve loaded run under root/1.8.4 control.  
I can’t access these gems in my home dir with 1.8.6.

What do I have to do to gain access to these gems  
when I run 1.8.6 in my home dir?

Thanks

jz