Adding or Installing Gems

See what gems you have installed on your machine

gem list
gem help list (for more help)

To see a list of gem commands

gem help commands

To install a gem

sudo gem install <name of gem>
OR
gem install <name of gem>

gem help install (for more help)

To Search your Local Gems by providing a search term that’s part of the Gem name

gem search <part of gem name>
gem help search (for more help)

To Search Remote Repositories for Gems by providing a search term that’s part of the Gem name

gem search --remote <part of gem name>
gem search -r ezcrypto (for example)
gem help search (for more help)

To list remote sources of Gem repositories

gem sources list
gem help sources (for more help)

To add to the list of remote sources of Gem repositories

gem sources -a http://gems.github.com