How do I specify local gem files in my Gemfile

Question

I have a couple of gem files which I install via gem install xx gem   Can I tell Bundler to use them   Or do I have to specify the source path

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I would unpack your gem in the application vendor folder

gem unpack your.gem --target /path_to_app/vendor/gems/

Then add the path on the Gemfile to link unpacked gem.

gem 'your', '2.0.1', :path => 'vendor/gems/your'

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This isn t strictly an answer to your question about installing  gem packages  but you can specify all kinds of locations on a gem-by-gem basis by editing your Gemfile   Specifying a  path attribute will install the gem from that path on your local machine   gem  foreman   path    Users pje my foreman fork    Alternately  specifying a  git attribute will install the gem from a remote git repository   gem  foreman   git   git   github com pje foreman git        or at a specific SHA-1 ref gem  foreman   git   git   github com pje foreman git   ref   bf648a070c        or branch gem  foreman   git   git   github com pje foreman git   branch   jruby        or tag gem  foreman   git   git   github com pje foreman git   tag   v0 45 0     As  JHurrah mentioned in his comment

User · Answer

I found it easiest to run my own gem server using geminabox  See these simple instructions

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By default Bundler will check your system first and if it can t find a gem it will use the sources specified in your Gemfile

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Adding  gem to vendor cache seems to work  No options required in Gemfile

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Seems bundler can t use  gem files out of the box  Pointing the  path to a directory containing  gem files doesn t work  Some people suggested to setup a local gem server  geminabox  stickler  for that purpose   However  what I found to be much simpler is to use a local gem  server  from file system  Just put your  gem files in a local directory  then use  gem generate index  to make it a Gem repository  mkdir repo mkdir repo gems cp   gem repo gems cd repo gem generate index   Finally point bundler to this location by adding the following line to your Gemfile  source  file   path to repo    If you update the gems in the repository  make sure to regenerate the index

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You can force bundler to use the gems you deploy using  bundle package  and  bundle install --local   On your development machine   bundle install    Installs required gems and makes Gemfile lock   bundle package    Caches the gems in vendor cache   On the server   bundle install --local    --local means  use the gems from vendor cache

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