On Apr 16, 1:48 am, Bryan Crossland <bacrossl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Shafeeq <mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 14, 4:46 pm, Michael Pavling <pavl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 14 April 2011 12:30, Shafeeq <mohamed.shaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The question is quite simple. > > > > But the answer to simple questions is frequently much more complicated... > > > > > Is there a way I can package Rails gem and > > > > all its dependencies (in a machine where I have internet connection) > > > > into a single file to be FTPed to the server (where I dont have > > > > internet) for installation? > > > > Yes. You can download all the dependent gems from rubygems.org. Zip > > > them into one file, and ftp them
Do i have to locate the gem files manually in order to zip them into a single file? Say i run "gem dependency -r rails" which returns me a list of say 100 gems. These gems are located in a directory where there are already 1000 gem files which includes these Rails and its dependent files also. Do I have to browse through the file system manually to locate these 100 rails dependent gem files(from the already existing 1000 files) in order to package/zip them into a single file? Wouldn't that be painful? Is there an automated way of packaging the gem files which would take the output from "gem dependency -r rails" and package them into a single file? Thanks, S > > > Thanks. When you said I can download all the dependent gems and > > zip them, do i have to download them all manually from rubygems.org > > using a browser? Or if I choose to download them all through RubyGems > > installer whats the path where I can find all the downloaded gems in > > the rails installation location? > > No you don't have to download through a browser from rubygems.org. You can > download them through the gem installer. You can find the location of where > a gem is installed on your system by running the following command: > > gem which <name_of_gem> > > > If the Gems are present at a location > > where there are lots of other non-Rails Gems, then wouldn't it be very > > painful to segregate the Rails Gems? > > There will be lots of gems installed on your system for different reasons. > No it is not painful to segregate them. You can see a list of the gems that > Rails has a dependency on by running the following command: > > gem dependency rails > > The gem installer is your best tool. Take the time to read the manuals which > will give you more than enough information on the above questions you have > and more. > > http://docs.rubygems.org/ > > > I wish there was a simpler way like all the Rails Gems packaged > > into one bundle available for download. This is in addition to the > > existing way of installation. This is about having an additional > > option to a valid situation where you can install do an installation > > over the internet. > > The easier way is the gem installer whether you are connected to the > internet or you have a copy of the gem package file you transferred onto > your server from another machine. The gem installer does not need the > internet to install a gem. You just have to have the gem you want to > install. Where are all the packages that you need to install Rails? > rubygems.org. And now the argument has come full circle. > > B. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
