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When my custom buildpack runs it always fails to install gems manually(gem install foo) because it does not have access to the /var/lib/gems directory.

Error being thrown:
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES) Permission denied - /var/lib/gems

Is there something I have to setup so my buildpack can install gems like this?

Information:
- Server => Ubuntu 14.04 DigitalOcean Dokku image(Latest)
- Custom Buildpack => Noah-Huppert/buildpack-rack

Noah Huppert
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Try this:

sudo chown -R $USER "/var/lib/gems" or

chmod -R 0777 /var/lib/gems if you're comfortable with giving all users on the box read/write permissions.

Marc Rudkowski
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  • I can't figure out why this isn't working for me... I'm using the jekyll buildpack: https://github.com/dmathieu/heroku-buildpack-jekyll/ – Spencer Alger Nov 04 '16 at 10:07
  • @SpencerAlger you should file a new question in StackOverflow as you don't quite have the same issue (it's not even the same buildpack). – Jose Diaz-Gonzalez Nov 04 '16 at 15:54