# Gem vs Source **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [March 27, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-vs-source/90257 "2007-03-27T03:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walterdavis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-vs-source/90257/1 "2007-03-27T03:06:28Z")
I wanted to try out the newest Radiant, so I used gem, as prompted on the rc2 page of the blog. When I run the radiant -d command, as noted in step 3, I get a bastard rails directory, without app or lib or any of the places where code can be written. How do I go about getting the entire set of folders, such as you get when you simply download the source and run it? Is there a radiant command that gives you a complete ready to customize application? Thanks in advance, Walter ---
**Author:** ![walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walterdavis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-vs-source/90257/2 "2007-03-27T03:25:30Z")
Walter Lee D. wrote: > I wanted to try out the newest Radiant, so I used gem, as prompted on > the rc2 page of the blog. When I run the radiant -d command, as noted > in step 3, I get a bastard rails directory, without app or lib or any > of the places where code can be written. How do I go about getting the > entire set of folders, such as you get when you simply download the > source and run it? Is there a radiant command that gives you a complete > ready to customize application? Nope. But you can unpack the gem once it is installed: gem unpack radiant The final release will also be available in Zip and Tar format. – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walterdavis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-vs-source/90257/3 "2007-03-27T03:28:30Z")
On Mar 26, 2007, at 9:24 PM, John W. Long wrote: > Nope. But you can unpack the gem once it is installed: > > gem unpack radiant > > The final release will also be available in Zip and Tar format. gray:~ waltd$ gem unpack radiant ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Exception) Cannot load gem at [/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/radiant-0.6.0.gem] Ditto if I use sudo. Any ideas? Walter ---
**Author:** ![walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walterdavis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-vs-source/90257/4 "2007-03-27T03:32:30Z")
On Mar 26, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Walter Lee D. wrote: > > > source and run it? Is there a radiant command that gives you a > > > gray:~ waltd$ gem unpack radiant > > > ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Exception) > > > Cannot load gem at > > > [/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/radiant-0.6.0.gem] > > Ditto if I use sudo. Any ideas? > > Walter I did a symlink to the filename it wanted, and got it to unpack – now, where did it go? Walter ---
**Author:** ![walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@walterdavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walterdavis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-vs-source/90257/5 "2007-03-27T03:49:32Z")
On Mar 26, 2007, at 9:31 PM, Walter Lee D. wrote: > > > > noted > > > > Ditto if I use sudo. Any ideas? > > > > Walter > > I did a symlink to the filename it wanted, and got it to unpack – now, > where did it go? > > Walter Okay, got it to unpack, found it, and now none of the permissions or much else seem to be right – all I get when I try to run it or rake it is a bunch of permission errors. Much stumpage here. Walter