# Using gems on a shared hosting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems-on-a-shared-hosting/160793>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems-on-a-shared-hosting/160793 "2009-02-19T18:48:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems-on-a-shared-hosting/160793/1 "2009-02-19T18:48:49Z")

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My hosting requires that I put the following in my app to use the gems  
that I want to use.

$:.push("/home/username/ruby/gems")

How do I use this.

The gem that I want to utilize is adzap-ar\_mailer

It is located in /home/username/ruby/gems/gems.

Can you please help.