# Speeding up "gem1.9 install" during development **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 5, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090 "2010-07-05T07:58:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/1 "2010-07-05T07:58:16Z")
During development, I keep running rake install. The following command often takes a minute to execute, although the gem is created in a second. gem1.9 install …/pkg/xxxx.gem Running --trace doesn’t help at all since no details come after the above line. Is there any way this can be speeded up. Do others use some other alternative? Should I be testing and using my app from the development directory itself as: ruby lib/x.rb instead of from the PATH. (Its a CLI program so it installs in my path as well). Does the number of dependencies slow down “gem install” ? ---
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/2 "2010-07-05T15:35:45Z")
On Jul 5, 2:58 am, “R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > alternative? > “rake install”, depending on the gem project you’re working on (which > you don’t specify) might be running test or any other task prior the > gem building and installation. Check the tasks dependencies of “rake install” using “rake -P” and see on which other tasks it depends. > Should I be testing and using my app from the development directory > itself as: > > ruby lib/x.rb instead of from the PATH. (Its a CLI program so it > installs in my path as well). Run your tests, or do with ruby -Ilib bin/xxx > Does the number of dependencies slow down “gem install” ? Depending on how “rake install” works, it should be running with gem install --local, to avoid hitting the remote source index. ---
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/3 "2010-07-05T15:48:28Z")
Luis L. wrote: > On Jul 5, 2:58�am, “R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > alternative? > > “rake install”, depending on the gem project you’re working on (which > Depending on how “rake install” works, it should be running with gem > install --local, to avoid hitting the remote source index. rake install - runs gem1.9 install and that’s where the time goes (when I ran --trace) Thus, my question is to do with speeding up “gem1.9 install” and not “rake install” thx. ---
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/4 "2010-07-05T17:20:33Z")
On Jul 5, 10:48 am, “R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I ran --trace) > > Thus, my question is to do with speeding up “gem1.9 install” and not > “rake install” gem1.9 install --local path/to/my.gem As I mentioned before, that will not hit the remote source index. ---
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/5 "2010-07-05T17:47:34Z")
Brian C. wrote: > R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX wrote: > > > During development, I keep running rake install. The following command > > often takes a minute to execute, although the gem is created in a > > second. > > > > gem1.9 install …/pkg/xxxx.gem > > Try with --no-ri --no-rdoc gem1.9 install --no-ri --no-rdoc ./pkg/… putting this in my command, seems to have not much impact. I actually have this in my .gemrc file already. I tried a gem install --local and it was instantaneous. How can i get “rake install” to do a --local. I obviously don’t want this to be global or i wont be able to install external gems. thx. ---
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/6 "2010-07-05T20:01:10Z")
R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX wrote: > Brian C. wrote: > > > R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX wrote: > > > > > During development, I keep running rake install. The following command > > > often takes a minute to execute, although the gem is created in a > > > second. > > > > > > gem1.9 install …/pkg/xxxx.gem > > > > Try with --no-ri --no-rdoc > > gem1.9 install --no-ri --no-rdoc ./pkg/… > > putting this in my command, seems to have not much impact. > I actually have this in my .gemrc file already. > > I tried a gem install --local and it was instantaneous. > > How can i get “rake install” to do a --local. > I obviously don’t want this to be global or i wont be able to install > external gems. Currently, since my Rakefile is generated by Jeweler, i found that it calls gem install. I’ve hardcoded a “–local” in the jeweler Command. Don;t know how else I could pass the value from rake. I think it only affects rake install and not gem install, so its okay. ---
**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/speeding-up-gem1-9-install-during-development/191090/7 "2010-07-05T17:32:04Z")
R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX wrote: > During development, I keep running rake install. The following command > often takes a minute to execute, although the gem is created in a > second. > > gem1.9 install …/pkg/xxxx.gem Try with --no-ri --no-rdoc