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Error installing rails - permission denied when running 'gem install rails'

I am new to programming and trying to install Rails on Mac Yosemite v10.10, but I get the following error when running $ gem install rails. How do I avoid this error and install rails?

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES) Permission denied - /Users/usename/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rails-4.1.7/README.md

I'm using ruby version 2.0.0p481.

Solution

  • You could make this:

    sudo chown -R "$USER": ~/.rbenv

    This function for me.