Can't Install Bundler, no permissions

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Im using Ubuntu 15.10. This is the code I write in the terminal

gem install bundler
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
    You don't have write permissions for the /var/lib/gems/2.1.0 directory.

Why is it trying to install it there? of course it doesn't have permissions to install it in the root directory. If I try the same command like this sudo gem install bundler it works. But it is not supposed to be installed as sudo, it gives me problems when creating a new Rails app. What should I do?

Can you post the output of `gem env` – Mike K. Jan 14 '16 at 20:30 — Mike K., Jan 14 '16 at 20:30

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 03 '19 at 07:58

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You should probably start by running gem env and look at your default environment.

You can change the default installation directory by exporting a different GEM_HOME:

export GEM_HOME=$HOME/.gem/

edited Jun 03 '19 at 07:58

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answered Jan 14 '16 at 20:32

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