# OS X gems do not appear in install list (Leopard) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 7, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495 "2007-11-07T13:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/1 "2007-11-07T13:33:17Z")
Hi, I am struggling to release an OS X gem (for which I wanted to post the ANN days ago :(). I actually think I released it, but none of the OS X versions of my gem (gosu) show up when I run ‘sudo gem install gosu’ on vanilla Leopard; it only presents the ‘win32’ versions. All previous versions had a platform of ‘universal-darwin8.0’ in the spec, so I thought I’d re-upload the latest gem with ‘universal- darwin9.0’, which didn’t help any. I can see all gems on rubyforge’s gem file list, I can download and install them, they just don’t show up in the install list. Unfortunately the docs for RubyGems are so sketchy that I guessed a lot of things (e.g. the platform string). Is there anything I’m missing? Is Leopard’s gem broken and can it be updated? TIA, Julian ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/2 "2007-11-07T16:01:32Z")
On Nov 7, 2007, at 6:28 AM, Julian R. wrote: > I am struggling to release an OS X gem (for which I wanted to post the > ANN days ago :(). I actually think I released it, but none of the OS X > versions of my gem (gosu) show up when I run ‘sudo gem install gosu’ > on vanilla Leopard; it only presents the ‘win32’ versions. I’m betting that the gem needs to be built as a “Universal Binary” to work with Leopard’s built-in Ruby. Or something similar. While it doesn’t directly answer your question, see if the first answer on this page gives you some fresh ideas: [http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/ruby/wiki/Troubleshooting](http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/ruby/wiki/Troubleshooting) James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/3 "2007-11-07T17:24:13Z")
> I’m betting that the gem needs to be built as a “Universal Binary” to > work with Leopard’s built-in Ruby. Or something similar. It is a precompiled Universal Binary (built with SWIG and Xcode), and works as expected when installed. I’d guess gem doesn’t even check the binary format, or the platform string, because it shows all the win32 gems. Do you know any precompiled binary gems that I could take a look at to check for differences? Julian ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/4 "2007-11-07T17:32:24Z")
On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Julian R. wrote: > > I’m betting that the gem needs to be built as a “Universal Binary” to > > work with Leopard’s built-in Ruby. Or something similar. > > It is a precompiled Universal Binary (built with SWIG and Xcode), and > works as expected when installed. I’d guess gem doesn’t even check the > binary format, or the platform string, because it shows all the win32 > gems. OK, this proves I had no idea what I was talking about. 😉 > Do you know any precompiled binary gems that I could take a look at to > check for differences? Good question. No, I don’t. Perhaps this is a good discussion for the RubyGems mailing list? James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/5 "2007-11-07T18:24:30Z")
On Nov 7, 2007 7:28 AM, Julian R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Unfortunately the docs for RubyGems are so sketchy that I guessed a > lot of things (e.g. the platform string). Is there anything I’m > missing? Is Leopard’s gem broken and can it be updated? I reproduce the problem: $ sudo gem install gosu Password: Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) Select which gem to install for your platform (universal-darwin9.0) 1. gosu 0.7.7 (mswin32) 2. gosu 0.7.6.1 (mswin32) 3. gosu 0.7.6 (mswin32) 4. gosu 0.7.5.1 (mswin32) 5. Skip this gem 6. Cancel installation Only mswin32 versions are shown. I don’t know why, but I don’t think it is a problem with the Leopard installation of RubyGems. You should definitely move the discussion to the RubyGems list. Laurent ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/6 "2007-11-07T18:30:58Z")
> Perhaps this is a good discussion for the RubyGems mailing list? > From looking at the RubyGems page, I didn’t even know it existed 🙂 > Thanks a lot, posting it there now. Julian ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/7 "2007-11-07T18:26:15Z")
On Nov 7, 2007 11:56 AM, Laurent S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > gem file list, I can download and install them, they just don’t show > > Password: > > it is a problem with the Leopard installation of RubyGems. You should > > definitely move the discussion to the RubyGems list. Maybe it is [http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rubygems-developers/2007-November/003224.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rubygems-developers/2007-November/003224.html) Laurent ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/8 "2007-11-07T21:00:46Z")
On 7 Nov, 16:59, Laurent S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Maybe it is [http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rubygems-developers/2007-November/0032](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rubygems-developers/2007-November/0032)… Sounds like RubyForge has been having some hassles with their gems indexer recently; see also: [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/thread/1d622c5c7f1951c7](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/1d622c5c7f1951c7) has ---
**Author:** ![nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nex4k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nex4k)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-gems-do-not-appear-in-install-list-leopard/119495/9 "2007-11-07T22:16:38Z")
Laurent S. wrote: > On Nov 7, 2007 7:28 AM, Julian R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > Unfortunately the docs for RubyGems are so sketchy that I guessed a > > lot of things (e.g. the platform string). Is there anything I’m > > missing? Is Leopard’s gem broken and can it be updated? > > I reproduce the problem: > > $ sudo gem install gosu > Password: > Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) If I may ask a question of my own: that ‘bulk updating’ happens 8 out of 10 times when I issue the command $ gem query -rn gemname and the bulk updating takes about 5 minutes. Is there anyway to prevent that? imac os 10.4.7