# Gem rdoc failing

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rdoc-failing/102112>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rdoc-failing/102112 "2006-08-10T22:23:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dasil003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dasil003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dasil003)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rdoc-failing/102112/1 "2006-08-10T22:23:24Z")

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Previously upon installing gems with `gem install -d` rdocs would be  
generated and stored in the expected location /usr/lib/…/1.8/doc

However I recently did some explicit gem installs and forgot to include  
the -d option. Now when I run gem rdoc --all it says its installing  
rdocs, and it takes its sweet time, but nothing shows up in the doc  
directories (the directories exist for each gem, they just are empty).

Any hints or debugging tips?