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Ruby Installing a Ruby Development Environment Installing a Ruby Development Environment Installing Ruby on Mac

Posted by Juan Uribe
Juan Uribe
Courses Plus Student 135 Points

Permission

juan$ gem install bundler ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory. juans-MacBook-Pro:~ juan$

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Juan,

Have you tried typing sudo before that command? That might open up the privileges.

Steve.

Juan Uribe
PLUS
Juan Uribe
Courses Plus Student 135 Points
Juan Uribe
Juan Uribe
Courses Plus Student 135 Points

Steve, Awesome sudo Worked got the bundler gem installed!!

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Excellent - it's always worth trying sudo if you run into permissions issues.

Glad it got you going again!

Steve.