How to add dependency to gemfile.lock through gemspec?

Question

Personnel in relation to add_runtime_dependency, add_dependency and add_development_dependency the "Gem Specification", I'm trying to understand them. How they work and how to differentiate them.

When I used the add_development_dependency, I was unable to observe anything different. When I used the add_dependency and also the add_runtime_dependency, the same effect was observed.

It was added to gemfile.lock as the only dependence of my gem, but not a project dependency. And I would like it to be added as a project dependency, because I think add redundant as a unit of my gem, and dependence of the project, adding it to the Gemfile.

What I do not understand is that if I add the jquery as a unit of my gem, but don't add it directly in the application Gemfile, it is not found. I get the following error.

"could not find file 'jquery'".

@AntarrByrd My Gemfile does not include the jquery-rails. And it's not even to include. I would like the jquery-rails were included in gemfile.lock through add_runtime_dependency. — rplaurindo, Mar 26 '15 at 06:54

Antarr Byrd · Answer 1 · 2015-03-27T04:24:33.607

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You should not gemfile.lock manually. You should include jquery-rails in Gemfile and do bundle install. gemfile.lock is managed by bundler. If you need dependencies only in a given environment you can do something like.

group :development do
  gem 'better_errors'
  gem 'bullet'
  gem 'lol_dba'
  gem 'meta_request'
  gem 'pry-rails'
  gem 'rbeautify'
  gem 'rsense'
  gem 'rubocop'
  gem 'spring'
  gem 'ruby-growl'
end

group :development, :test do
  gem 'binding_of_caller'
  gem 'jazz_hands'
end

Anything not in a specific group will be included in all environments.

edited Mar 27 '15 at 04:24

answered Mar 26 '15 at 03:33

Antarr Byrd

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But add to Gemfile and install it through the bundle command is just what I do not want. I would like the jquery was installed from another gem. Get it? – rplaurindo Apr 01 '15 at 13:00
@RafaelLaurindo What gem is that? Does it have jquery in it's Gemfile? – Antarr Byrd Apr 01 '15 at 15:24
A personal gem. I tried adding the jquery-rails through this my personal gem with the "add_runtime_dependency". Understand? – rplaurindo Apr 01 '15 at 21:01
Still there is,no valid case I can think of to modify Gemfile.lock – Antarr Byrd Apr 01 '15 at 21:14
This means that, unfortunately there as installing a gem through another, there is only how to add it as a dependency in gemfile.lock, right? – rplaurindo Apr 01 '15 at 21:51
The Gemfile.lock should not be modiried. You can still do this using the Gemfile of either gem – Antarr Byrd Apr 01 '15 at 21:53
But after all, what is the purpose of Gemfile of gems? – rplaurindo Apr 02 '15 at 01:18

How to add dependency to gemfile.lock through gemspec?

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