[Ruby] Installing Gems on Dreamhost

[Geoffrey Grosenbach]

On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Jordan Isip wrote:
> Does anybody know how to install gems on dreamhost (shared server)?

If you're talking about Rails, the easiest way is to unpack the gem  
to the "vendor" directory and deploy it with the rest of your app. I  
wrote a plugin that does this:

http://topfunky.net/svn/plugins/topfunky_power_tools

rake topfunky:freeze:others GEMS="flickr"

Then add the appropriate directory to your load path in environment.rb:

   config.load_paths += %W(
     #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/flickr
   )

Geoff
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