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+[[!meta title="How can I install Ruby gems in my locker?"]]
+First, note that many Ruby gems are already installed on
+scripts.mit.edu, and we\92re generally pretty willing to install
+generally-useful software globally; email us at scripts@mit.edu to
+ask. This has the advantage that you won\92t have to worry about
+keeping the packages up to date; in some cases, using out-of-date
+modules could lead to security vulnerabilities in your site.
+Furthermore, a frequent practice in the Ruby community is to have
+sets of Ruby packages associated with deployments, in which case
+installing a gem in your locker might be too global.
+
+In order to install a Ruby gem to your locker, you will first need
+to create the directory to install into and give scripts.mit.edu
+permission to it. From an Athena prompt, do the following, where
+lockername is the name of your locker:
+
+    add consult
+    mkdir /mit/lockername/.gem
+    mkdir /mit/lockername/.bundle
+    fsr sa /mit/lockername/.gem daemon.scripts write
+    fsr sa /mit/lockername/.bundle daemon.scripts write
+
+To tell a bundler configured app to use this local Gem store, run
+this command on a Scripts server, in the directory of your
+application:
+
+    bundle config path ~/.gem/ruby/1.8
+
+Then, to install a gem, SSH into Scripts and run:
+
+    gem install -l gemname
+
+
+