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Make the comment more obvious. Capitalize "Ruby."
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Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your rubyRuby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift rubyRuby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0  #  <---- This guyline, right here. -----
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed rubyRuby, courtesy of Apple.

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your Ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift Ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0  #  <---- This line, right here. -----
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed Ruby, courtesy of Apple.

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Michael come lately
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  • 9.7k reputation score 9661
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  • 8 gold badges
  • 72
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  • 98 bronze badges

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

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Try nathanwhy's answernathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager optionsheavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

Try nathanwhy's answer before using my original answer below. His recommendation of --user-install should accomplish the same purpose without having to muck with your .bash_profile or determine your ruby version.

If you are not concerned about a specific ruby version, you can skip the heavy-lift ruby environment manager options, and just add these lines to ~/.bash_profile:

export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"
export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.0.0"

The path is stolen from the original output of gem env:

RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.0.14
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.0.0
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/.../2.0/usr/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-14
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
     - /Users/mylogin/.gem/ruby/2.0.0 # <-- This guy, right here.
     - /System/Library/.../usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0
  ...

No sudoing is required, and you can use the already-installed ruby, courtesy of Apple.

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Michael come lately
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  • 9.7k reputation score 9661
  • 8
  • 8 gold badges
  • 72
  • 72 silver badges
  • 98
  • 98 bronze badges
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Michael come lately
Michael come lately
  • 9.7k reputation score 9661
  • 8
  • 8 gold badges
  • 72
  • 72 silver badges
  • 98
  • 98 bronze badges
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