# Question about Bundler

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-bundler/183813>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-bundler/183813 "2010-02-20T20:06:39Z")\
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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:** [February 20, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-bundler/183813/1 "2010-02-20T20:06:39Z")

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Trying to understand how to think of Bundler in terms of what I  
already know about using rubygems in Rails up until now.

Am I right in thinking that “bundler install” does the same thing that  
“raks gems:install” did before?

If so, are are bundler equivalents for:

1. rake gems:unpack:dependencies
2. rake rails:freeze:gems

Thanks!  
Jeff

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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:** [February 21, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-bundler/183813/2 "2010-02-21T00:16:33Z")

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On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Jeff [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Trying to understand how to think of Bundler in terms of what I  
> already know about using rubygems in Rails up until now.
> 
> Am I right in thinking that “bundler install” does the same thing that  
> “raks gems:install” did before?

Yes, that’s correct.

> If so, are are bundler equivalents for:
> 
> 1. rake gems:unpack:dependencies

bundle pack

Note: the above command is a bit more efficient because if you have 2  
or  
more applications on the same server. Then it will look into the  
bundler  
cache first. Otherwise, Bundler will install it into the cache.

> 1. rake rails:freeze:gems

bundle lock

Next, I would recommend taking a look at the following screen-cast by  
Ryan  
Bates because it covers all of the above:

> **[\#201 Bundler - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/201-bundler)**
>
> Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers.

Lastly, the documentation is always helpful:

a) $ bundle help

b) [GitHub - rubygems/bundler: Manage your Ruby application's gem dependencies](http://github.com/carlhuda/bundler)

Good luck,

-Conrad