gem(1) BSD General Commands Manual gem(1)
NAME
gem, gem_mirror, gem_server, gemlock, gemri, gemwhich,
index_gem_repository.rb, update_rubygems -- RubyGems helper programs
SYNOPSIS
gem command [arguments...] [options...]
gem_server [options...]
gemlock [options] [libname ...]
gemri [options] [name ...]
gemwhich [options] [libname ...]
index_gem_repository.rb [options]
update_rubygems
DESCRIPTION
These are various helper programs that are part of the RubyGems distribu-
tion, a sophisticated package manager for the Ruby programming language.
For more information about a specific program, you can use its --help
flag. There is also online documentation available at
"http://docs.rubygems.org".
gem is the main interface to the RubyGems packaging system.
gem_server is a tool to serve your entire set of installed gems to any-
one.
gemlock generates a series of require_gem commands that will lock down an
application or library to a particular version of their dependent gem.
gemri acts as a wrapper for the ri(1) command to read gems RI documenta-
tion.
gemwhich is a script that behaves like the which(1) command for ruby
libraries and gem repositories.
index_gem_repository.rb generates index files for your RubyGems server.
update_rubygems is an internal script used to update RubyGems.
SEE ALSO
ruby(1)
AUTHORS
RubyGems was originally developed at RubyConf 2003 by Rich Kilmer, Chad
Fowler, David Black, Paul Brannan and Jim Weirch, and has received a lot
of contributions since then. You can obtain the RubyGems sources at
http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems/.
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