# Rubyforge 101

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-101/122160>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 5, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-101/122160 "2007-12-05T01:34:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-101/122160/1 "2007-12-05T01:34:37Z")

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Does creating a new release automatically enable “gem install xyz”, or  
is there an additional step?

–  
Giles B.

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**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-101/122160/2 "2007-12-05T01:38:44Z")

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On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 09:33 +0900, Giles B. wrote:

> Does creating a new release automatically enable “gem install xyz”, or  
> is there an additional step?

There are some notes on the mirroring process here:

[http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/231/mirror\_setup.html](http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/231/mirror_setup.html)

To summarize - there’s an hourly (oops, I need to update that frequency  
in the document) cronjob that checks for new gems, adds them to the gem  
index, and triggers an rsync out to all the mirrors.

Yours,

Tom

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**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-101/122160/3 "2007-12-05T02:00:24Z")

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On Dec 5, 2007 9:33 AM, Giles B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Does creating a new release automatically enable “gem install xyz”, or  
> is there an additional step?

Hi,

simply provide a .gem in the release, and it will be available a bit  
later via “gem install …”. No additional step.

Cheers,

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**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-101/122160/4 "2007-12-05T06:17:16Z")

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Just to verify all this, I was able to install my gem over the  
innerwebz just moments ago. That’s all kinds of nifty. Now I just have  
to make sure it works. 😉

–  
Giles B.

Podcast: [http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com](http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com)  
Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)  
Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org)  
Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com](http://giles.tumblr.com)