the error is the user vagrant doesnt have access to install gems into /var/lib/gems
try to become root with sudo su - and try again On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Anthony Alvarez <pucho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > *Got inspiration to use Vagrant from a YouTube Video > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kNOrgTuQsE>* but instead of "Ruby > installer for Windows" wanted to use vagrant. > > The question is about installing ASCIIdoctor <http://asciidoctor.org/>, > which is a Ruby Gem, on a Vagrant box called "cargomedia > <https://app.vagrantup.com/cargomedia>/debian-7-amd64-default > <https://app.vagrantup.com/cargomedia/boxes/debian-7-amd64-default>." > ASCIIdoc installation cannot complete due to file permissions error below. > > vagrant@debian-7-amd64-default:~$ gem install asciidoctor > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES) > Permission denied - /var/lib/gems > > > *Questions* > > 1. How to choose the best Vagrant box for ASCIIdoc installatio? > 2. What is vagrant super user password? Is it needed to install > ASCIIdoctor gem? > 3. Is Oracle VM VirtualBox <https://www.virtualbox.org/> installation > separate from Vagrant? For example: if Vagrant is updated does VirtualBox > automatically update or does VirtualBox have to be updated manually? > 4. How to change the vagrant name of "Default" to actual name of the > vagrant box being used which is "cargomedia/debian-7-amd64-default?" > > > > *See screenshots <https://photos.app.goo.gl/dN7N4ZBHGtJZTnL73>Software > being used Versions* > > - OS: Windows 10x64 > - GIT Bash terminal: GIT version 2.9.0.windows.1 > - Vagrant: v2.0.0 > - Virtual Box: 5.1.14 r112924 > > Any suggestions and tips greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Anthony > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues > IRC: #vagrant on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/vagrant-up/09e1136d-9177-4189-a4c7-3634f88e7d2c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/09e1136d-9177-4189-a4c7-3634f88e7d2c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alvaro -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues IRC: #vagrant on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/CAHqq0eyMAfTOqAxqPnm01P2S_GErM%3D-TR2BgO2AV1yQfUHOAKg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
