I'm trying to setup gitlab and thus install some gems from another user account using sudo,
but I'm constantly getting Permission denied error.
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle install --deployment --without development test postgres
> Using ... ( a lot of successful gems there )
> Using pygments.rb (0.3.2) from https://github.com/gitlabhq/pygments.rb.git (at master)
> Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - pygments.rb-0.3.2.gem
> An error occurred while installing pygments.rb (0.3.2), and Bundler cannot continue.
> Make sure that `gem install pygments.rb -v '0.3.2'` succeeds before bundling.\
sudo -u gitlab -H gem install pygments.rb -v '0.3.2'
> Successfully installed pygments.rb-0.3.2
> 1 gem installed
> Installing ri documentation for pygments.rb-0.3.2...
> Installing RDoc documentation for pygments.rb-0.3.2...
# no matter how many times I run this command, I always get the same output
# as if the gem installation doesn't stick
# I've tried to chmod
chmod 777 -R /usr/local/lib/ruby
# then Again
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle install --deployment --without development test postgres
# same result, Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - pygments.rb-0.3.2.gem
Lain suggested to try to install the bundles into another sub directory. When that worked out, it became clear the problem was about permissions in the current directory.
Executing chown -R gitlab:gitlab . has solved the problem.
In the gitlab installation guide there is a gem install command preceding our story that was ran as root and probably the gemfile or some other file had permissions change during that.