rvm global gems per ruby

gistfile1.rb

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### Start with a "clean" environment ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem environment
RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.5
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2009-08-04 patchlevel 383) [i686-darwin10.2.0]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /Users/mmoen/.rvm/ruby-1.8.6-p383/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86-darwin-10
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
     - "gemcutter_key" => "--snip--"
     - :sources => ["http://gemcutter.org", "http://gems.rubyforge.org/", "http://gems.github.com"]
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gemcutter.org
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org/
     - http://gems.github.com

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### Switch to a new gemset ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ rvm 1.8.6%clean

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### New env, no gems ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

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### Switch to global for this ruby ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ rvm 1.8.6%global
mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

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### Still no gems ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem install rake
Successfully installed rake-0.8.7
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for rake-0.8.7...
Installing RDoc documentation for rake-0.8.7...
mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

rake (0.8.7)

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### Still no gems ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ rvm 1.8.6%clean
mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

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### Update the gem_path, adding ruby_version%global ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ export GEM_PATH=/Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6%global:$GEM_PATH
mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

rake (0.8.7)

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### Sweet, we have access to the global gems ###
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mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$ gem environment
RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.5
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2009-08-04 patchlevel 383) [i686-darwin10.2.0]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6%clean
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /Users/mmoen/.rvm/ruby-1.8.6-p383/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6%clean/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86-darwin-10
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6%clean
     - /Users/mmoen/.rvm/gems/ruby/1.8.6%global
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
     - "gemcutter_key" => "--snip--"
     - :sources => ["http://gemcutter.org", "http://gems.rubyforge.org/", "http://gems.github.com"]
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gemcutter.org
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org/
     - http://gems.github.com
mmoen@shiny:~/tmp$