# RubyGems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/191938>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 21, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/191938 "2010-07-21T00:40:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/191938/1 "2010-07-21T00:40:59Z")

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I have been dealing with “gem” very much since using Ruby and RoR.

I just want to ask. What exactly do we mean by a “gem”?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/191938/2 "2010-07-21T03:10:40Z")

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On Jul 20, 7:41 pm, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I have been dealing with “gem” very much since using Ruby and RoR.
> 
> I just want to ask. What exactly do we mean by a “gem”?

RubyGems:

> **[RubyGems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RubyGems)**
>
> RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries (in a self-contained format called a "gem"), a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them. It was created by Chad Fowler, Jim Weirich, David Alan Black, Paul Brannan and Richard Kilmer during RubyConf 2004.
> The interface for RubyGems is a command-line tool called gem which can install and manage libraries (th...

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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/191938/3 "2010-07-21T10:50:33Z")

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Luis L. wrote:

> On Jul 20, 7:41�pm, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> wrote:
> 
> > I have been dealing with “gem” very much since using Ruby and RoR.
> > 
> > I just want to ask. What exactly do we mean by a “gem”?
> 
> RubyGems:
> 
> [RubyGems - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RubyGems)

Thanks.