# Updating rubygems to 1.3

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-rubygems-to-1-3/153430>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 17, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-rubygems-to-1-3/153430 "2008-11-17T04:58:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-rubygems-to-1-3/153430/1 "2008-11-17T04:58:33Z")

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I am on a macbook pro. I need to install rubygems to 1.3 to update merb,  
I’d like to let the system update itself since it was installed with the  
system, but when I run:

sudo gem update --sytem

nothing updates. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-rubygems-to-1-3/153430/2 "2008-11-17T06:34:36Z")

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On Nov 16, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Ben J. wrote:

> I am on a macbook pro. I need to install rubygems to 1.3 to update  
> merb,  
> I’d like to let the system update itself since it was installed with  
> the  
> system, but when I run:
> 
> sudo gem update --sytem
> 
> nothing updates. Am I missing something?

sudo gem install rubygems-update

sudo gem update --system

That should do the trick.

Blessings,  
TwP