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Ruby

Michael Mac Coisdeala
Michael Mac Coisdeala
4,212 Points
Posted by Michael Mac Coisdeala
Michael Mac Coisdeala
4,212 Points

Keep getting error when trying to install bundler.

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.

I keep getting the above error when asked to write gem install bundler in the tutorial. What could be the reason for this? I've followed the tutorial step for step

2 Answers

Marc Biggar
Marc Biggar
10,942 Points
Marc Biggar
Marc Biggar
10,942 Points

Hi

Maybe apply Sudo to the command -

sudo gem install bundler (enter you password)

Might be the case that your machine requires Super User to run command, where I suspect treehouse are already running as super user during tutorial.

Hope that helps