Ruby - Module RubyGems Introduction

Introduction

RubyGems is a packaging system for Ruby programs and libraries.

It packages Ruby libraries in a form that's easy for users to maintain and install.

RubyGems makes it easy to manage different versions of the same libraries on your machine.

You can install them with a single line at the command prompt.

Each individually packaged Ruby library or application is known as a gem or RubyGem.

Gems have names, version numbers, and descriptions.

You can manage your computer's local installations of gems using the gem command.

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