# Problems with installing gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 16, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-installing-gems/217925 "2012-03-16T13:54:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-installing-gems/217925/1 "2012-03-16T13:54:05Z")
Hi! I’d like to installed gem with sudo gem install rails By default, the rails gem should go into /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1, but it goes to /root/,gem: [ram@thingol:~]sudo gem install rails --no-rdoc Password: WARNING: You don’t have /root/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/bin in your PATH, gem executables will not run. Successfully installed rails-3.2.2 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for rails-3.2.2… Updating ri class cache with 1090 classes… Even if I give it the --install-dir option, it does the same: [ram@thingol:~]sudo gem install rails --no-rdoc --install-dir /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1 [13:46:27|12-03-16] WARNING: You don’t have /root/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/bin in your PATH, gem executables will not run. Successfully installed activesupport-3.2.2 Successfully installed rails-3.2.2 2 gems installed I like the use the $HOME/.gem location for running test as a regular user, but not for root. Here is my gem env: [ram@thingol:~]gem env [13:49:26|12-03-16] RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.8.17 - RUBY VERSION: 1.9.3 (2012-02-16 patchlevel 125) [x86\_64-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86\_64-linux - GEM PATHS: - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1 - /home/ram/.gem/ruby/1.9.1 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - “gem” =\> “–user-install” - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://rubygems.org/](http://rubygems.org/) and for root: [ram@thingol:~]sudo gem env [13:49:28|12-03-16] RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.8.17 - RUBY VERSION: 1.9.3 (2012-02-16 patchlevel 125) [x86\_64-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86\_64-linux - GEM PATHS: - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1 - /root/.gem/ruby/1.9.1 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - “gem” =\> “–user-install” - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://rubygems.org/](http://rubygems.org/) the line with - “gem” =\> “–user-install” looks suspicious, but how can I change it? Did I do a misconfiguration. I have no .gemrc file. Any help is welcome! regards ralf ---
**Author:** ![Ralf\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ralf\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ralf_M)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-installing-gems/217925/2 "2012-03-16T17:50:46Z")
Ralf M. wrote in post #1051816: > Hi! > > I’d like to installed gem with > > sudo gem install rails > > […] > > the line with - “gem” =\> “–user-install” looks suspicious, but how can > I change it? Did I do a > misconfiguration. I have no .gemrc file. Look for ~/.gemrc And then /etc/gemrc You (in your profile) or your distro might be setting --user-install there. – Luis L. ---
**Author:** ![Ralf\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ralf\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ralf_M)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-installing-gems/217925/3 "2012-03-16T21:01:35Z")
On 03/16/2012 05:50 PM, Luis L. wrote: > > I change it? Did I do a > > misconfiguration. I have no .gemrc file. > > Look for ~/.gemrc > > And then /etc/gemrc > > You (in your profile) or your distro might be setting --user-install > there. Thats it! /etc/gemrc contains gem: --user-install Thanks a lot ralf