I have a gem (thoth-0.3.0) on my server which has had a few changes made
to it over time (by me). I’m happy with how it works and have no desire
to update it. I now need to install a copy of that gem on my local
machine so i can develop knowing that what i do will work the same on
the server. I can’t just install it as normal as it’s out of sync with
the ‘official’ version.
Can i just zip up the server’s thoth-0.3.0 folder, scp it over and then
untar it into my gems folder? Or does it need to be properly installed?
if so, what’s the best process for this?
I have a gem (thoth-0.3.0) on my server which has had a few changes made
to it over time (by me). I’m happy with how it works and have no desire
to update it. I now need to install a copy of that gem on my local
machine so i can develop knowing that what i do will work the same on
the server. I can’t just install it as normal as it’s out of sync with
the ‘official’ version.
Can i just zip up the server’s thoth-0.3.0 folder, scp it over and then
untar it into my gems folder? Or does it need to be properly installed?
if so, what’s the best process for this?
Run ‘gem server’ on your server, and then specify it as the source from
which to install the gem on the local box. However, If you’re using a
modified gem, you should rename it and/or package it within your source
repo (for example, in Rails, put it in vendor/gems). Otherwise, you
defeat the point of having a package system like rubygems.