Where does it install gems to?

[IanVaughan]

1. Where to gems get saved to physically?
2. Where should they show up wrt bundle installs?

Create gemset

$ echo my-gemset global > .rbenv-gemsets

Check empty

$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

bundler (1.1.4)

Install project gems

$ bundle install
...

Check gemset

$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

bundler (1.1.4)

Empty?

[joefiorini]

Your gemset is in:

~/.rbenv/versions/$RUBY_VERSION/gemsets/

and the gems are in a folder named gems under your gemset. If that folder doesn't exist you may want try running rbenv gemset create $GEMSET_NAME. Also check the output from bundler, are you sure it's cleanly installing all of your gems?

[IanVaughan]

Ok, thanks, I can see my created gemset folders, but no gems get installed in there? :-

With no gems installed :-

$ gem list
(none)

I check the install path, empty as expected :-

$ ls ~/.rbenv/versions/ree-1.8.7-2012.01/gemsets/global
(empty)

I install a gem :-

$ gem install bundler
(done)

Check where its gone :-

$ gem contents bundler
~/.rbenv/versions/ree-1.8.7-2012.01/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.4

Not into the path you suggested?, ie its still empty

$ ls ~/.rbenv/versions/ree-1.8.7-2012.01/gemsets/global
(empty)

I have a a gemset file in my pwd :-

$ cat .rbenv-gemset
projectx global

Command syntax

Just a question on that command syntax :-

$ rbenv gemset create test
rbenv: version `test' not installed

Because (as you already directed me to) the CLI help text states :-

create [version] [gemset]

Thus :-

$ rbenv gemset create ree-1.8.7-2012.01 test
created test for ree-1.8.7-2012.01

Which brings up a nice question, cant it use the current rbenv ruby version as default?!

[IanVaughan]

I think the problem might be related to :-

 $ rbenv gemset active
 no active gemsets

Which makes sense, if none active then it uses the standard install path.

But how can one make a gemset active?

[IanVaughan]

I dont know what I was doing wrong before, but I found this gist and after reading/walking though it, things started working!

https://gist.github.com/2407918

[joefiorini]

Great, glad you got it working. Thanks for the follow up!

[abhilashak]

You can check here how to activate Gemset using rbenv:
https://abhilashak.com/2017/08/16/rbenv-start-with-new-ruby-and-rails-versions/