# Gem install Rails issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 14, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-issue/165455 "2009-04-14T05:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-issue/165455/1 "2009-04-14T05:02:12Z")
Im trying to install rails gem on OSX 10.5.6, but when i use the gem install rails command this message displays WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 and /usr/local/bin aren’t both writable. Successfully installed rails-2.3.2 1 gem installed How can I get my gems to install to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 or /usr/local/bin which both are set up in my environment variable path. Also When trying to start my server for my rails project using ./script/server its displaying Salafee:views\_demo musdev$ ./script/server =\> Booting Mongrel =\> Rails 2.3.2 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Call with -d to detach =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server Then when I go to http:/localhost:3000, and click on About your application environment I see a message saying Welcome aboard You’re riding Ruby on Rails! About your application’s environment We’re sorry, but something went wrong. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-issue/165455/2 "2009-04-14T05:09:08Z")
> Im trying to install rails gem on OSX 10.5.6, but when i use the gem > install rails command this message displays WARNING: Installing to > ~/.gem since /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 and > /usr/local/bin aren’t both writable. > Successfully installed rails-2.3.2 > 1 gem installed > How can I get my gems to install to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 or > /usr/local/bin which both are set up in my environment variable path. sudo gem install … That will prompt you for your administrator password. It might also install it into /Library/Ruby/Gems (which should be in your ruby load path as well by ddefault). > Welcome aboard > You’re riding Ruby on Rails! > About your application’s environment > > We’re sorry, but something went wrong. Open up log/development.log and see what it says. That initial page loads because public/index.html exists so mongrel isn’t even touching rails at that point. -philip ---
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-issue/165455/3 "2009-04-14T07:32:44Z")
Philip H. wrote: > > Im trying to install rails gem on OSX 10.5.6, but when i use the gem > > install rails command this message displays WARNING: Installing to > > ~/.gem since /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 and > > /usr/local/bin aren’t both writable. > > Successfully installed rails-2.3.2 > > 1 gem installed > > How can I get my gems to install to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 or > > /usr/local/bin which both are set up in my environment variable path. > > sudo gem install … > > That will prompt you for your administrator password. It might also > install it into /Library/Ruby/Gems (which should be in your ruby load > path as well by ddefault). > > > Welcome aboard > > You�re riding Ruby on Rails! > > About your application�s environment > > > > We’re sorry, but something went wrong. > > Open up log/development.log and see what it says. > > That initial page loads because public/index.html exists so mongrel > isn’t even touching rails at that point. > > -philip Thanks philip, Im not seeing the problem with installing gems anymore after using the sudo command. As far as the development.log pertaining to the error I was seeing, the log says no such file to load – sqlite3 So i went to install the sqlite gem and this is what It displayed in my terminal Salafee:views\_demo musdev$ sudo gem install sqlite Password: Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing sqlite: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb install sqlite checking for main() in -lsqlite… no checking for sqlite.h… no \*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\* Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options: –with-opt-dir –without-opt-dir –with-opt-include –without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include –with-opt-lib –without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib –with-make-prog –without-make-prog –srcdir=. –curdir –ruby=/usr/local/bin/ruby –with-sqlite-dir –without-sqlite-dir –with-sqlite-include –without-sqlite-include=${sqlite-dir}/include –with-sqlite-lib –without-sqlite-lib=${sqlite-dir}/lib –with-sqlitelib –without-sqlitelib Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite-2.0.1 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite-2.0.1/ext/gem\_make.out Sorry Im just new to this osx environment, and never seen these errors before Thanks ---
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-issue/165455/4 "2009-04-14T11:19:01Z")
try: sudo gem install sqlite3 On Apr 13, 7:32 pm, Zayd C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)