Pleased to announce the initial release of the “specific_install” gem.
Its goal: to be able to download a git repo, build the gem therein, and
install it.
I couldn’t think of any way to do this so made a gem for it.
It also installs from straight URL’s, like
http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby_core_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem
Enjoy.
-rp
README==============
specific_install gem:
a rubygems plugin that allows you to install an “edge” gem straight from
its github repository, or install one from an
arbitrary url web:
ex:
$ gem specific_install -l GitHub - githubsvnclone/rdoc: git mirror of http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk
git installing from GitHub - githubsvnclone/rdoc: git mirror of http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk
…
(in /tmp/d20100401-30708-fwpa18)
mkdir -p pkg
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: rdoc
Version: 2.5
File: rdoc-2.5.gem
mv rdoc-2.5.gem pkg/rdoc-2.5.gem
Successfully installed rdoc-2.5
1 gem installed
[ it runs git clone, and rake install, install the gem, then deletes the
temp directory]
and a url:
$ gem specific_install -l
http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby_core_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem
downloading
http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby_core_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem
…
Saving to: `rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem’
100%[======================================================================================================================================================>]
176,128 211K/s in 0.8s
Successfully installed rdoc-2.4.3.1
1 gem installed
== Installation ==
$ gem install specific_install
Enjoy. Feedback welcome GitHub - rdp/specific_install: rubygems plugin to allow you to install an "edge" gem straight from its github repository