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When trying to install any jruby gems, I get the following error.

$ jruby -S gem install rails
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Errno::ENOENT)
    No such file or directory -

Unfortunately no directory or file listed in the error message. When I searched for this error it usually ended up being a permissions issue with a specific file or directory, but in this case none is listed.

Any help or direction would be much appreciated.

Jruby: 1.6.7.2 OS: Solaris 10

MD6380
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If this is a system install of JRUby, your issue may be your need root access to install gems. If that is the case, try installing the gem with sudo:

sudo jruby -S gem install rails

I would suggest using RVM to install JRuby. It takes a lot of the guess work out of the installation.

mguymon
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  • Unfortunately, I don't have sudo access. I took a look at RVM, but Solaris 10 lacks some of the prerequisites. – MD6380 Sep 18 '12 at 06:13
  • Do you happen to have any links that goes into details about how to do a user or multi-user install? Maybe that will help lead me in the right direction. – MD6380 Sep 18 '12 at 06:15
  • Also, this doesn't appear to be a permissions issue. I went through the same procedure on a different server where I do have root access, and I still have the same problem. – MD6380 Sep 18 '12 at 06:30
  • The install docs for RVM talks about single vs multi user installs: https://rvm.io/rvm/install/#explained – mguymon Sep 18 '12 at 08:30
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After some research, I've found that there's a bug in JRuby 1.6.7 and 1.6.6 where gem installation fails on Solaris. Currently gem installation on Solaris only works with Jruby 1.6.5.1 and earlier.

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