# Need help to install "linguistics" gem **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 17, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-linguistics-gem/151123 "2008-10-17T05:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hunt_J)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-linguistics-gem/151123/1 "2008-10-17T05:00:54Z")
Hi, I have a problem with installing gem: linguistics. sudo gem install linguistics Gave me “not found” error. So I googled and found the source here. > **[dev(E)iate](https://deveiate.org/)** > > The personal website of Michael Granger. The gem seems to be located at [http://www.deveiate.org/code/Linguistics-1.0.5.gem](http://www.deveiate.org/code/Linguistics-1.0.5.gem) I don’t know how I can install this gem. Can any body help on this? -J ---
**Author:** ![Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hunt_J)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-linguistics-gem/151123/2 "2008-10-17T05:13:46Z")
Simply download it to your local drive… then do something like this:bash-3.2$ cd /cygdrive/d/Downloads/ bash-3.2$ gem install Linguistics-1.0.5.gem Successfully installed Linguistics-1.0.5 1 gem installed Specifically, for this instance, it was done on Windows using my Cygwin environment. ---
**Author:** ![Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hunt_J)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-linguistics-gem/151123/3 "2008-10-17T05:17:17Z")
On Oct 16, 10:59 pm, “Hunt J.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with installing gem: linguistics. > > sudo gem install linguistics > > Gave me “not found” error. So I googled and found the source here.[dev(E)iate](http://www.deveiate.org/projects/Linguistics/) > The gem seems to be located athttp://www.deveiate.org/code/Linguistics-1.0.5.gem > > I don’t know how I can install this gem. I’m assuming you have RubyGems installed already. Just download the .gem file and then use a terminal/console: Linux: $ sudo gem install Linguistics-1.0.5.gem Windows: > gem install Linguistics-1.0.5.gem T. ---
**Author:** ![Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hunt_J)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-linguistics-gem/151123/4 "2008-10-17T08:23:18Z")
Solved. I opened up the directory “Linguistics-1.0.5.gem” and found two files “metadata.tar.gz” and “data.gz”. I extracted both archives, and "cd"ed to “data” directory. There I ran a command. pwd #=\> /Users/myusernamei/Desktop/Linguistics-1.0.5.gem/data sudo gem install Linguistics Now the installation was successful. Thanks for your help, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hunt_J)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-linguistics-gem/151123/5 "2008-10-17T08:02:11Z")
I’m still getting the same error. I downloaded the “Linguistics-1.0.5.gem.tar” file on my desktop. Then, I double-clicked and expanded and now there is a new directory “Linguistics-1.0.5.gem” on my desktop. Next, I launch Terminal and `cd` to desktop. `cd ~/Desktop`. Then, I run sudo gem install Linguistics-1.0.5.gem The error I get is: ERROR: could not find gem Linguistics-1.0.5.gem locally or in a repository I wonder where gem is searching locally. I may need to place the .gem directory somewhere specified. I ran `gem environment` and here’s output. gem environment RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /opt/local/bin/ruby - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /opt/local/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86-darwin-9 - GEM PATHS: - /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - :sources =\> [“[http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)”, “[http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com)”] - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) - [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com)