I want to set up a jekyll blog on a shared server. When I try to install Jekyll I get "You don't have write permissions". How do I fix this without root or sudo?
More detail:
I have space on a shared server and don't have root access. I couldn't install Ruby, though the hosting company installed it upon my request.
When I try to install Jekyll I use
[email protected] [~]# gem install jekyll
and this is the response I get:
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions into the /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 directory.
I have seen different suggestions for changing the GEMPATH which I have tried including
export GEM_PATH=/home/user/something
But even after doing so
gem env
still results in
GEM PATHS:
- /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- /home/user/.gem/ruby/1.8
Any tips? Is it possible to install jekyll without root or sudo priviliges or am I just making some rookie PATH error?
I didn't find the answer for a while. on the #jekyll IRC a user pointed me at the Arch wiki and I discovered that the thing is to force the install as a single user:
gem install jekyll --user-install