# RubyGems for Ruby 1.9

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-for-ruby-1-9/87000>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 27, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-for-ruby-1-9/87000 "2007-02-27T14:40:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![threeeyedfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@threeeyedfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/threeeyedfish)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-for-ruby-1-9/87000/1 "2007-02-27T14:40:52Z")

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Good day all!  
I have problems installing and running RubyGems with Ruby 1.9.  
Most of all they arise because of File.exists? method was changed to  
File.exist?, but there may be other inconsistencies as well.  
Has anyone successfully installed RubyGems for 1.9?  
Maybe it is possible to get RubyGems from subversion repository?

I also have another question — maybe anyone knows what was the purpose  
of changing the name of the aforementioned method, because at first  
sight it seems to contradict Ruby english-like syntax and the Principle  
of Least Surprise.

Yours sincerely,  
Damian/Three-eyed Fish

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**Author:** ![threeeyedfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@threeeyedfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/threeeyedfish)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-for-ruby-1-9/87000/2 "2007-02-28T00:29:53Z")

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On Feb 27, 2007, at 05:39, Damian T. wrote:

> I have problems installing and running RubyGems with Ruby 1.9.  
> Most of all they arise because of File.exists? method was changed  
> to File.exist?, but there may be other inconsistencies as well.

Do you have a patch? Please file it in the RubyGems bug tracker.  
(If you post it here, I’m sure it will get lost.)

> Has anyone successfully installed RubyGems for 1.9?

Not recently, no. 1.9 is too much of a moving target to say any  
particular piece of software is guaranteed to work with it.

> Maybe it is possible to get RubyGems from subversion repository?

Unlikely. I don’t believe any such changes have been made.

> I also have another question — maybe anyone knows what was the  
> purpose of changing the name of the aforementioned method, because  
> at first sight it seems to contradict Ruby english-like syntax and  
> the Principle of Least Surprise.

It was deprecated in 1.8.