# Gem install - install directory not absolute **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 22, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940 "2007-01-22T16:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/1 "2007-01-22T16:16:28Z")
When I run … sudo gem install rails -y I get … ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError) install directory “/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/./gems/ activesupport-1.4.0” not absolute The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0 does exist. Any suggestions on what I need to change? I don’t know why the “/./” appears in the path in the error message. ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/2 "2007-01-22T18:27:02Z")
Mark V. wrote: > My guess is that you, like me, are running gem version 0.9.1. After I upgraded to 0.9.1 this weekend (via gem update --system), I now get this error anytime I tried to freeze my rails app. But I’m on Windows XP – maybe this is specific to the Windows version of RubyGems. What OS are you using? ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/3 "2007-01-22T18:55:09Z")
On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Jeff wrote: > > The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0 does > > exist. > > My guess is that you, like me, are running gem version 0.9.1. After I > upgraded to 0.9.1 this weekend (via gem update --system), That’s right. I did exactly that. > I now get this error anytime I tried to freeze my rails app. > > But I’m on Windows XP – maybe this is specific to the Windows version > of RubyGems. What OS are you using? I’m on Mac OS X, so it’s not specific to Windows. ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/4 "2007-01-22T20:31:30Z")
On Jan 22, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Eric H. wrote: > > The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0 > > does exist. > > > > Any suggestions on what I need to change? > > I don’t know why the “/./” appears in the path in the error message. > > What does `gem environment` report? RubyGems Environment: - VERSION: 0.9.1 (0.9.1) - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/. - GEM PATH: - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/. - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) I see that it put “/.” at the ends of the paths. It doesn’t seem like that should be an issue though. > Did you set GEM\_HOME or similar? No. Do I need to do that? ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/5 "2007-01-22T20:22:28Z")
On Jan 22, 2007, at 07:15, Mark V. wrote: > Any suggestions on what I need to change? > I don’t know why the “/./” appears in the path in the error message. What does `gem environment` report? Did you set GEM\_HOME or similar? – Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net) I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/6 "2007-01-23T05:49:50Z")
On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:30, Mark V. wrote: > > > The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0 > > - GEM PATH: > - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/. > > - REMOTE SOURCES: > - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) > > I see that it put “/.” at the ends of the paths. It doesn’t seem > like that should be an issue though. You’re missing 1.8 in that path (or 1.9). What does this say: ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘p Config::CONFIG[“ruby\_version”]’ I get “1.8”. How did you install your ruby? – Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net) I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/7 "2007-01-23T14:21:21Z")
On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:48 PM, Eric H. wrote: > > > > > > > > - VERSION: 0.9.1 (0.9.1) > > What does this say: > > ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘p Config::CONFIG[“ruby\_version”]’ > > I get “1.8”. I get “.”. > How did you install your ruby? I downloaded ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz, then ran the following commands as root, running on Mac OS X. gzip –d ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz tar xf ruby-1.8.5.tar cd ruby-1.8.5 ./configure make make test make install make install-doc ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/8 "2007-01-23T19:52:49Z")
On Jan 23, 2007, at 05:20, Mark V. wrote: > > > I see that it put “/.” at the ends of the paths. It doesn’t seem > > > I get “.”. > > > That’s bad. > make install > make install-doc Hrm, something has gone tragically wrong then. Without the version numbers RubyGems can’t be guaranteed to work. I recommend you rebuild ruby. BTW, what does this say: $ ruby -v -e ‘p RUBY\_VERSION’ ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-04 patchlevel 2) [i686-darwin8.8.2] “1.8.5” – Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net) I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-install-directory-not-absolute/82940/9 "2007-01-23T20:06:52Z")
On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Eric H. wrote: > > > > > > > > cd ruby-1.8.5 > > BTW, what does this say: > > $ ruby -v -e ‘p RUBY\_VERSION’ > ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-04 patchlevel 2) [i686-darwin8.8.2] > “1.8.5” ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-04 patchlevel 2) [i686-darwin8.8.1] “1.8.5” The only difference from yours is that I have darwin8.8.1 instead of 8.8.2. I’ll try reinstalling Ruby.