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Development Tools Installing a Ruby Development Environment Installing a Ruby Development Environment Installing Ruby on Mac

Posted by nicolaswilhelm
nicolaswilhelm
6,824 Points

I have rbenv but, I can't install gems?

Like the title says I installed rbenv but when I try to install I get this error message ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory. I would really like answers as fast as possible. Thanks for reading -Nick

2 Answers

Zachary Green
Zachary Green
16,359 Points
Zachary Green
Zachary Green
16,359 Points

try running the command as sudo. (im asumming your on MAC or linux)

Thomas Mc Gauran
Thomas Mc Gauran
436 Points
Thomas Mc Gauran
Thomas Mc Gauran
436 Points

So for anyone as slow as me :) the command would be "sudo gem install bundler" Then confirm and enter your system password.

Thanks again Zach