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@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@ Detailed information about each Bundler command, including help with common prob ## Troubleshooting +### Permission denied when installing bundler + +Certain operating systems such as MacOS and Ubuntu have versions of Ruby that require evelated privileges to install gems. + + ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) + You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory. + +There are multiple ways to solve this issue. You can install bundler with elevated privilges using `sudo` or `su`. + + sudo gem install bundler + +If you cannot elevated your privileges or do not want to globally install Bundler, you can use the `--user-install` option. + + gem install bundler --user-install + +This will install Bundler into your home directory. Note that you will need to append `~/.gem/ruby/<ruby version>/bin` to your `$PATH` variable to use `bundle`. + ### Heroku errors Please open a ticket with [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com) if you're having trouble deploying. They have a professional support team who can help you resolve Heroku issues far better than the Bundler team can. If the problem that you are having turns out to be a bug in Bundler itself, [Heroku support](https://www.heroku.com/support) can get the exact details to us. @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ bundle install bundle exec rspec ``` +For help with installation issues, see [ISSUES](https://github.com/bundler/bundler/blob/master/ISSUES.md) + See [bundler.io](http://bundler.io) for the full documentation. ### Troubleshooting |