# Installing my own gems on a Dreamhost account

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-my-own-gems-on-a-dreamhost-account/142520>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-my-own-gems-on-a-dreamhost-account/142520 "2008-07-08T20:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-my-own-gems-on-a-dreamhost-account/142520/1 "2008-07-08T20:28:37Z")

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Hey all,

Does anyone who uses Dreamhost have any experience installing your own  
gems there?

On their wiki, I’ve found this:  
[http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Ruby\_on\_Rails#Using\_Gems\_Installed\_in\_Your\_Home\_Directory](http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Ruby_on_Rails#Using_Gems_Installed_in_Your_Home_Directory)

And this:  
[http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Passenger](http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Passenger)  
(down at the bottom)

But I seem to be too dumb to interpret these directions, since neither  
one seems to work.

This seems to be similar, though not specifically Dreamhosty:  
[http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2008/05/13/installing-ruby-gems-in-your-home-directory/](http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2008/05/13/installing-ruby-gems-in-your-home-directory/)

Again, trying this just got my process killed by some Dreamhost  
daemon. I’m not quite to the point where I’m ready to go to a ruby-  
specific hosting company, but it seems like a lot of my project ideas  
are going to require installing one gem or another, so I hope I can  
figure this out.

Thanks,  
Jeff