On Jan 22, 2007, at 07:15, Mark Volkmann wrote:

> When I run ...
> sudo gem install rails -y
>
> I get ...
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>     install directory "/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/./gems/ 
> activesupport-1.4.0" not absolute
>
> The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0  
> does exist.
>
> Any suggestions on what I need to change?
> I don't know why the "/./" appears in the path in the error message.

What does `gem environment` report?

Did you set GEM_HOME or similar?

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