Install a gem
gem install [gem name]
Update to latest Rubygems (if any):
gem update --system
Search for a gem:
gem query --remote --name [regular expession]
Get list of outdated gems and update as necessary:
gem outdated
Clean up outdated gems:
gem clean
List installed gems by last access time:
gem stale
Current Local Gem Repository:
gem environment
or
ruby -rrubygems -e"puts Gem.path"
Discover Dependency for a Gem:
gem dependency [gem name]
Don't generate Ri and RDoc when installing gems:
gem install [gem name] --no-ri --no-rdoc
to set this as default behavior:
echo "gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc" >> ~/.gemrc
Uninstalling:
gem uninstall [gem name]
if that fails with something like:
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::InstallError)
Unknown gem [gem name]
then do this...
gem list -d [gem name]
gem uninstall --install-dir [install directory] [gem name]
