RubyGems是一個方便而強(qiáng)大的Ruby程序包管理器（ package manager），類似RedHat的RPM.它將一個Ruby應(yīng)用程序打包到一個gem里，作為一個安裝單元。
當(dāng)前最新版本為0.8.3
下載地址：http:///frs/?group_id=126
主頁：http://rubygems./wiki/wiki.pl
最新的Ruby版本已經(jīng)包含RubyGems了。


特點(diǎn)：
能遠(yuǎn)程安裝包
包之間依賴關(guān)系的管理
簡單可靠的卸載（uninstallation）
查詢機(jī)制，能查詢本地和遠(yuǎn)程服務(wù)器的包信息
能保持一個包的不同版本
基于Web的查看接口，能查看你安裝的gem的信息。


安裝RubyGems
首先從rubyforge下載它的源文件 ，然后解壓縮到一個地方，比如C:rubygems-0.8.3

C:rubygems-0.8.3>ruby setup.rb ---> bin <--- bin ---> lib ---> lib/rubygems <--- lib/rubygems <--- lib ---> bin <--- bin ---> lib ---> lib/rubygems <--- lib/rubygems <--- lib rm -f InstalledFiles ---> bin mkdir -p c:/ruby/bin/ install gem c:/ruby/bin/ install gem_server c:/ruby/bin/ install generate_yaml_index.rb c:/ruby/bin/ install update_rubygems c:/ruby/bin/ <--- bin ---> lib mkdir -p c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ install rubygems.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ install ubygems.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ ---> lib/rubygems mkdir -p c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install builder.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install cmd_manager.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install command.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install config_file.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install doc_manager.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install format.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install gem_commands.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install gem_runner.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install installer.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install loadpath_manager.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install old_format.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install open-uri.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install package.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install remote_installer.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install rubygems_version.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install source_index.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install specification.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install user_interaction.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install validator.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems install version.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems <--- lib/rubygems <--- lib As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed. Searching $LOAD_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)... ...done. No library stubs found. Successfully built RubyGem Name: sources Version: 0.0.1 File: sources-0.0.1.gem C:rubygems-0.8.3>gem -v 0.8.3

安裝其實(shí)很簡單。使用也簡單，不帶參數(shù)運(yùn)行g(shù)em則顯示使用方法：

C:rubygems-0.8.3>gem

RubyGems is a sophisticated package manager for Ruby. This is a
basic help message containing pointers to more information.

Usage:
gem -h/--help
gem -v/--version
gem command [arguments...] [options...]

Examples:
gem install rake
gem list --local
gem build package.gemspec
gem help install

Further help:
gem help commands list all ‘gem‘ commands
gem help examples show some examples of usage
gem help show help on COMMAND
(e.g. ‘gem help install‘)
Further information:
http://rubygems.

安裝Rails

C:rubygems-0.8.3>gem install rails
Attempting local installation of ‘rails‘
Local gem file not found: rails*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ‘rails‘
Install required dependency rake? [Yn] y
Install required dependency activerecord? [Yn] y
Install required dependency actionpack? [Yn] y
Install required dependency actionmailer? [Yn] y
Successfully installed rails, version 0.9.1
Installing RDoc documentation for rails-0.9.1...
WARNING: Generating RDoc on .gem that may not have RDoc.

lib/binding_of_caller.rb:4:25: Couldn‘t find Continuation. Assuming it‘s a mod
e

lib/binding_of_caller.rb:36:21: Couldn‘t find Binding. Assuming it‘s a module

lib/rails_generator.rb:34:46: Skipping require of dynamic string: "#{path}/#{n
e}_generator.rb"
Installing RDoc documentation for rake-0.4.12...
Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-1.2.0...
Installing RDoc documentation for actionpack-1.0.1...

lib/action_controller/scaffolding.rb:87:37: Skipping require of dynamic string
"#{model_id.id2name}"
Installing RDoc documentation for actionmailer-0.5.0...

C:rubygems-0.8.3>gem query --local

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

actionmailer (0.5.0)
Service layer for easy email delivery and testing.

actionpack (1.0.1)
Web-flow and rendering framework putting the VC in MVC.

activerecord (1.2.0)
Implements the ActiveRecord pattern for ORM.

rails (0.9.1)
Web-application framework with template engine, control-flow layer,
and ORM.

rake (0.4.12)
Ruby based make-like utility.

sources (0.0.1)
This package provides download sources for remote gem installation


如果命令沒有指明是從本地還是遠(yuǎn)程安裝，則默認(rèn)先從本地安裝，因?yàn)檎也坏絩ails*.gem文件，所以，所以再從遠(yuǎn)程安裝。
遇到Rails依賴的包，我們也需要安裝。
默認(rèn)得，這些gems都被安裝到了RUBY_HOMElibrubygems1.8gems下了（各個平臺，版本都可能不同）
你可以用--dir選項(xiàng)覆蓋這個默認(rèn)值。


RubyGems還自帶了一個基于WEBrick的web服務(wù)器程序gem_server，使得你可以通過web來查看生成的RDoc文檔。
C:rubygems-0.8.3>gem_server
[2004-12-19 13:06:12] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
[2004-12-19 13:06:12] INFO ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-06) [i386-mswin32]
[2004-12-19 13:06:12] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=624 port=8808
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Dec/2004:13:06:26 中國標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時間] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 2248