Ken McDonald wrote:
When I try to execute 'sudo gem cleanup' on OS X 10.5, I get the
message:
Attempting to uninstall rails-1.2.6
ERROR: While executing gem . . . (Gem:InstallError)
Unknown gem rails = 1.2.6
How can I fix this so gem cleanup will continue to completion?
You can search for the offending gem with
%gem list -d sqlite3
On OS X you will get back something akin to
*** LOCAL GEMS ***
sqlite3-ruby (1.2.4, 1.2.1)
Author: Jamis Buck
Homepage:
http://sqlite-ruby.rubyforge.org/sqlite3 Installed at (1.2.4): /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8
(1.2.1): /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
SQLite3/Ruby is a module to allow Ruby scripts to interface with a
SQLite3 database.
You may now uninstall the offending gem with
%gem uninstall --install-dir System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 sqlite3
So, in general
gem list -d <gem-name>
will get you the location of the gem, and
gem uninstall --install-dir </install/directory> <gem-name>
will uninstall the gem.
HTH
Charles
