安装Heroku的Taps gem

Question

I'm trying to use Heroku's Taps gem to get my database from their server.

When I run

$heroku db:pull 

it says I need to install the Taps gem using the command:

sudo gem install taps

I run this command, and as expected, Taps says it has installed ("1 gem installed"). I'm able to run the Gem update taps command without an error after installing.

However,

$gem list

does not show Taps as installed, and I cannot see it in the gem folder at

/Users/username/.rvm/gems/ree-1.8.7-2010.02@timeline

Needless to say, I cannot run the Heroku db:pull command because of this.

I am running bundlr and RVM, I don't know if these are relevant.

I'm sure I'm doing something simple wrong...

Answer 1

Using sudo gem install taps probably installs the gem with root permissions, and thus you can't see it as your normal user when you try to gem list . Have you tried installing the gem without sudo? or if you really want to find it, try sudo gem list .

I would suggest not installing gems with sudo though, the point of using rvm is to always have your gems bundled in a place you can access (without root) and separated conveniently with rubies/gemsets.