Install Ruby Gems on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10

Submitted by Sam Rose on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 23:31

Do this:

$ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/45905/rubygems-1.3.1.tgz
 
$ tar rubygems-1.3.1.tgz
 
$ cd rubygems-1.3.1
 
$ sudo ruby setup.rb  #you can do ruby setup.rb --help to see options
 
$ sudo  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem
 
$ sudo gem -v
1.3.1

Done!