How do I install it without root?

[chrisbra]

As per the title. I started with the installation instructions:

0 3483 chrisbra@debian ~/code/git/travis.rb (git)-[master]- % gem install travis -v 1.7.5 --no-rdoc --no-ri
Fetching: multipart-post-2.0.0.gem (100%)
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES)
Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /var/lib/gems

I do not want to install it systemwide, so how can I tell it to install below $HOME?

[rkh]

You should add a writable path to the $GEM_PATH variable and set $GEM_HOME
to that value. Note that you will also make sure it's bin directory is on
the $PATH.

We are planning to ship a CLI version by other means than rubygems, to
(amongst other things) make it easier for non-ruby developers to get it
running.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:49 PM, chrisbra notifications@github.com wrote:

As per the title. I started with the installation instructions:

0 3483 chrisbra@debian ~/code/git/travis.rb (git)-[master]- % gem install travis -v 1.7.5 --no-rdoc --no-ri
Fetching: multipart-post-2.0.0.gem (100%)
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES)
Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /var/lib/gems

I do not want to install it systemwide, so how can I tell it to install
below $HOME?

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[chrisbra]

Am 2015-02-19 10:09, schrieb Konstantin Haase:

You should add a writable path to the $GEM_PATH variable and set
$GEM_HOME
to that value. Note that you will also make sure it's bin directory
is on
the $PATH.

We are planning to ship a CLI version by other means than rubygems,
to
(amongst other things) make it easier for non-ruby developers to get
it
running.

You are right, I am not a ruby developer. So please document that on
the frontpage (where I copied the install instructions for ubuntu).

BTW: I only need that to invalidate the cache, but I would rather have
a button on the webpage to discard the old cache...

Thanks,

Christian

[muhuk]

Please make the client something non-rubyists can also use!

    $ GEM_HOME=/home/muhuk/.gem GEM_PATH=/home/muhuk/.gem gem install travis


    Fetching: multipart-post-2.0.0.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed multipart-post-2.0.0
    Fetching: faraday-0.9.2.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed faraday-0.9.2
    Fetching: faraday_middleware-0.10.0.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed faraday_middleware-0.10.0
    Fetching: highline-1.7.8.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed highline-1.7.8
    Fetching: backports-3.6.6.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed backports-3.6.6
    Fetching: net-http-pipeline-1.0.1.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed net-http-pipeline-1.0.1
    Fetching: net-http-persistent-2.9.4.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed net-http-persistent-2.9.4
    Fetching: addressable-2.3.8.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed addressable-2.3.8
    Fetching: multi_json-1.11.2.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed multi_json-1.11.2
    Fetching: gh-0.14.0.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed gh-0.14.0
    Fetching: launchy-2.4.3.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed launchy-2.4.3
    Fetching: coderay-1.1.0.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed coderay-1.1.0
    Fetching: slop-3.6.0.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed slop-3.6.0
    Fetching: method_source-0.8.2.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed method_source-0.8.2
    Fetching: pry-0.10.0.rc1.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed pry-0.10.0.rc1
    Fetching: ffi-1.9.10.gem (100%)
    Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
    ERROR:  Error installing travis:
            ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /usr/bin/ruby2.1 extconf.rb
    mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /usr/lib/ruby/include/ruby.h

    extconf failed, exit code 1

[eriktim]

@muhuk - I think you need to run apt-get install ruby-dev as root first.

[muhuk]

@GingerIK sorry for the delayed response.

I can confirm I have ruby-dev. (Probably I have it installed before trying to install the client.)

I was trying to get a token. Solved the issue some other way (travis is still not installed on my machine), but I can't remember how. I think I have used the token in my account page.

Thanks for the info though. It is very well documented too.

[BanzaiMan]

Closing in favor of #758. It no longer depends on native extensions, so the installation should be easier. If the issue persists, feel free to open a new one.