# class Gem::Installer

The installer installs the files contained in the .gem into the Gem.home.

`Gem::Installer` does the work of putting files in all the right places on the filesystem including unpacking the gem into its gem dir, installing the gemspec in the specifications dir, storing the cached gem in the cache dir, and installing either wrappers or symlinks for executables.

The installer invokes pre and post install hooks. Hooks can be added either through a rubygems_plugin.rb file in an installed gem or via a rubygems/defaults/#{RUBY_ENGINE}.rb or rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb file. See `Gem.pre_install` and `Gem.post_install` for details.

### Constants

ENV_PATHS

  Paths where env(1) might live. Some systems are broken and have it in /bin

### Attributes

exec_format[W]

Overrides the executable format.

This is a sprintf format with a “%s” which will be replaced with the executable name. It is based off the ruby executable name's difference from “ruby”.

install_lock[R]

Certain aspects of the install process are not thread-safe. This lock is used to allow multiple threads to install Gems at the same time.

path_warning[RW]

True if we've warned about PATH not including `Gem.bindir`

bin_dir[RW]

The directory a gem's executables will be installed into

build_args[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

env_shebang[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

force[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

format[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

format_executable[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

gem[R]

Filename of the gem being installed.

gem_dir[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

gem_home[RW]

The gem repository the gem will be installed into

ignore_dependencies[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

options[R]

The options passed when the `Gem::Installer` was instantiated.

security_policy[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

wrappers[W]

Available through requiring rubygems/installer_test_case

### Public Class Methods

at(path, options = {}) click to toggle source

Construct an installer object for the gem file located at `path`

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 104
    def self.at(path, options = {})
      security_policy = options[:security_policy]
      package = Gem::Package.new path, security_policy
      new package, options
    end

exec_format() click to toggle source

Defaults to use Ruby's program prefix and suffix.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 95
    def exec_format
      @exec_format ||= Gem.default_exec_format
    end

for_spec(spec, options = {}) click to toggle source

Construct an installer object for an ephemeral gem (one where we don't actually have a .gem file, just a spec)

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 140
    def self.for_spec(spec, options = {})
      # FIXME: we should have a real Package class for this
      new FakePackage.new(spec), options
    end

new(package, options={}) click to toggle source

Constructs an `Installer` instance that will install the gem at `package` which can either be a path or an instance of Gem::Package. `options` is a `Hash` with the following keys:

:bin_dir

  Where to put a bin wrapper if needed.

:development

  Whether or not development dependencies should be installed.

:env_shebang

  Use /usr/bin/env in bin wrappers.

:force

  Overrides all version checks and security policy checks, except for a signed-gems-only policy.

:format_executable

  Format the executable the same as the Ruby executable. If your Ruby is ruby18, foo_exec will be installed as foo_exec18.

:ignore_dependencies

  Don't raise if a dependency is missing.

:install_dir

  The directory to install the gem into.

:security_policy

  Use the specified security policy. See `Gem::Security`

:user_install

  Indicate that the gem should be unpacked into the users personal gem directory.

:only_install_dir

  Only validate dependencies against what is in the install_dir

:wrappers

  Install wrappers if true, symlinks if false.

:build_args

  An `Array` of arguments to pass to the extension builder process. If not set, then `Gem::Command.build_args` is used

:post_install_message

  Print gem post install message if true

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 170
    def initialize(package, options={})
      require 'fileutils'

      @options = options
      if package.is_a? String
        security_policy = options[:security_policy]
        @package = Gem::Package.new package, security_policy
        if $VERBOSE
          warn "constructing an Installer object with a string is deprecated. Please use Gem::Installer.at (called from: #{caller.first})"
        end
      else
        @package = package
      end

      process_options

      @package.dir_mode = options[:dir_mode]
      @package.prog_mode = options[:prog_mode]
      @package.data_mode = options[:data_mode]

      @bin_dir = options[:bin_dir] if options[:bin_dir]

      if options[:user_install] and not options[:unpack]
        @gem_home = Gem.user_dir
        @bin_dir = Gem.bindir gem_home unless options[:bin_dir]
        check_that_user_bin_dir_is_in_path
      end
    end

### Public Instance Methods

app_script_text(bin_file_name) click to toggle source

Return the text for an application file.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 753
      def app_script_text(bin_file_name)
        # note that the `load` lines cannot be indented, as old RG versions match
        # against the beginning of the line
        return <<-TEXT
    #{shebang bin_file_name}
    #
    # This file was generated by RubyGems.
    #
    # The application '#{spec.name}' is installed as part of a gem, and
    # this file is here to facilitate running it.
    #

    require 'rubygems'

    version = "#{Gem::Requirement.default}.a"

    str = ARGV.first
    if str
      str = str.b[/\\A_(.*)_\\z/, 1]
      if str and Gem::Version.correct?(str)
        version = str
        ARGV.shift
      end
    end

    if Gem.respond_to?(:activate_bin_path)
    load Gem.activate_bin_path('#{spec.name}', '#{bin_file_name}', version)
    else
    gem #{spec.name.dump}, version
    load Gem.bin_path(#{spec.name.dump}, #{bin_file_name.dump}, version)
    end
    TEXT
      end

build_extensions() click to toggle source

Builds extensions. Valid types of extensions are extconf.rb files, configure scripts and rakefiles or mkrf_conf files.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 827
    def build_extensions
      builder = Gem::Ext::Builder.new spec, @build_args

      builder.build_extensions
    end

default_spec_file() click to toggle source

The location of the default spec file for default gems.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 437
    def default_spec_file
      File.join Gem::Specification.default_specifications_dir, "#{spec.full_name}.gemspec"
    end

dir() click to toggle source

Return the target directory where the gem is to be installed. This directory is not guaranteed to be populated.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 880
    def dir
      gem_dir.to_s
    end

ensure_dependency(spec, dependency) click to toggle source

Ensure that the dependency is satisfied by the current installation of gem. If it is not an exception is raised.

spec

  `Gem::Specification`

dependency

  `Gem::Dependency`

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 400
    def ensure_dependency(spec, dependency)
      unless installation_satisfies_dependency? dependency
        raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec.name} requires #{dependency}"
      end
      true
    end

ensure_loadable_spec() click to toggle source

Ensures the `Gem::Specification` written out for this gem is loadable upon installation.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 621
    def ensure_loadable_spec
      ruby = spec.to_ruby_for_cache
      ruby.untaint

      begin
        eval ruby
      rescue StandardError, SyntaxError => e
        raise Gem::InstallError,
              "The specification for #{spec.full_name} is corrupt (#{e.class})"
      end
    end

extract_bin() click to toggle source

Extracts only the bin/ files from the gem into the gem directory. This is used by default gems to allow a gem-aware stub to function without the full gem installed.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 859
    def extract_bin
      @package.extract_files gem_dir, "bin/*"
    end

extract_files() click to toggle source

Reads the file index and extracts each file into the gem directory.

Ensures that files can't be installed outside the gem directory.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 850
    def extract_files
      @package.extract_files gem_dir
    end

formatted_program_filename(filename) click to toggle source

Prefix and suffix the program filename the same as ruby.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 866
    def formatted_program_filename(filename)
      if @format_executable
        self.class.exec_format % File.basename(filename)
      else
        filename
      end
    end

gem_dir() click to toggle source

Lazy accessor for the spec's gem directory.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 269
    def gem_dir
      @gem_dir ||= File.join(gem_home, "gems", spec.full_name)
    end

generate_bin_script(filename, bindir) click to toggle source

Creates the scripts to run the applications in the gem.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 523
    def generate_bin_script(filename, bindir)
      bin_script_path = File.join bindir, formatted_program_filename(filename)

      FileUtils.rm_f bin_script_path # prior install may have been --no-wrappers

      File.open bin_script_path, 'wb', 0755 do |file|
        file.print app_script_text(filename)
        file.chmod(options[:prog_mode] || 0755)
      end

      verbose bin_script_path

      generate_windows_script filename, bindir
    end

generate_bin_symlink(filename, bindir) click to toggle source

Creates the symlinks to run the applications in the gem. Moves the symlink if the gem being installed has a newer version.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 542
    def generate_bin_symlink(filename, bindir)
      src = File.join gem_dir, spec.bindir, filename
      dst = File.join bindir, formatted_program_filename(filename)

      if File.exist? dst
        if File.symlink? dst
          link = File.readlink(dst).split File::SEPARATOR
          cur_version = Gem::Version.create(link[-3].sub(/^.*-/, ''))
          return if spec.version < cur_version
        end
        File.unlink dst
      end

      FileUtils.symlink src, dst, :verbose => Gem.configuration.really_verbose
    rescue NotImplementedError, SystemCallError
      alert_warning "Unable to use symlinks, installing wrapper"
      generate_bin_script filename, bindir
    end

generate_windows_script(filename, bindir) click to toggle source

Creates windows .bat files for easy running of commands

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 468
    def generate_windows_script(filename, bindir)
      if Gem.win_platform?
        script_name = filename + ".bat"
        script_path = File.join bindir, File.basename(script_name)
        File.open script_path, 'w' do |file|
          file.puts windows_stub_script(bindir, filename)
        end

        verbose script_path
      end
    end

install() click to toggle source

Installs the gem and returns a loaded `Gem::Specification` for the installed gem.

The gem will be installed with the following structure:

    @gem_home/
      cache/<gem-version>.gem #=> a cached copy of the installed gem
      gems/<gem-version>/... #=> extracted files
      specifications/<gem-version>.gemspec #=> the Gem::Specification

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 293
    def install
      pre_install_checks

      FileUtils.rm_f File.join gem_home, 'specifications', spec.spec_name

      run_pre_install_hooks

      # Set loaded_from to ensure extension_dir is correct
      if @options[:install_as_default]
        spec.loaded_from = default_spec_file
      else
        spec.loaded_from = spec_file
      end

      # Completely remove any previous gem files
      FileUtils.rm_rf gem_dir
      FileUtils.rm_rf spec.extension_dir

      dir_mode = options[:dir_mode]
      FileUtils.mkdir_p gem_dir, :mode => dir_mode && 0755

      if @options[:install_as_default]
        extract_bin
        write_default_spec
      else
        extract_files

        build_extensions
        write_build_info_file
        run_post_build_hooks

        generate_bin
        write_spec
        write_cache_file
      end

      File.chmod(dir_mode, gem_dir) if dir_mode

      say spec.post_install_message if options[:post_install_message] && !spec.post_install_message.nil?

      Gem::Installer.install_lock.synchronize { Gem::Specification.reset }

      run_post_install_hooks

      spec

    # TODO This rescue is in the wrong place. What is raising this exception?
    # move this rescue to around the code that actually might raise it.
    rescue Zlib::GzipFile::Error
      raise Gem::InstallError, "gzip error installing #{gem}"
    end

installation_satisfies_dependency?(dependency) click to toggle source

True if the gems in the system satisfy `dependency`.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 410
    def installation_satisfies_dependency?(dependency)
      return true if @options[:development] and dependency.type == :development
      return true if installed_specs.detect { |s| dependency.matches_spec? s }
      return false if @only_install_dir
      not dependency.matching_specs.empty?
    end

installed_specs() click to toggle source

Return an `Array` of Specifications contained within the `gem_home` we'll be installing into.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 380
    def installed_specs
      @specs ||= begin
        specs = []

        Gem::Util.glob_files_in_dir("*.gemspec", File.join(gem_home, "specifications")).each do |path|
          spec = Gem::Specification.load path.untaint
          specs << spec if spec
        end

        specs
      end
    end

pre_install_checks() click to toggle source

Performs various checks before installing the gem such as the install repository is writable and its directories exist, required Ruby and rubygems versions are met and that dependencies are installed.

Version and dependency checks are skipped if this install is forced.

The dependent check will be skipped if the install is ignoring dependencies.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 893
    def pre_install_checks
      verify_gem_home options[:unpack]

      # The name and require_paths must be verified first, since it could contain
      # ruby code that would be eval'ed in #ensure_loadable_spec
      verify_spec

      ensure_loadable_spec

      if options[:install_as_default]
        Gem.ensure_default_gem_subdirectories gem_home
      else
        Gem.ensure_gem_subdirectories gem_home
      end

      return true if @force

      ensure_required_ruby_version_met
      ensure_required_rubygems_version_met
      ensure_dependencies_met unless @ignore_dependencies

      true
    end

shebang(bin_file_name) click to toggle source

Generates a #! line for `bin_file_name`'s wrapper copying arguments if necessary.

If the :custom_shebang config is set, then it is used as a template for how to create the shebang used for to run a gem's executables.

The template supports 4 expansions:

    $env    the path to the unix env utility
    $ruby   the path to the currently running ruby interpreter
    $exec   the path to the gem's executable
    $name   the name of the gem the executable is for

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 576
    def shebang(bin_file_name)
      ruby_name = RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_install_name'] if @env_shebang
      path = File.join gem_dir, spec.bindir, bin_file_name
      first_line = File.open(path, "rb") {|file| file.gets}

      if /\A#!/ =~ first_line
        # Preserve extra words on shebang line, like "-w".  Thanks RPA.
        shebang = first_line.sub(/\A\#!.*?ruby\S*((\s+\S+)+)/, "#!#{Gem.ruby}")
        opts = $1
        shebang.strip! # Avoid nasty ^M issues.
      end

      if which = Gem.configuration[:custom_shebang]
        # replace bin_file_name with "ruby" to avoid endless loops
        which = which.gsub(/ #{bin_file_name}$/," #{RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_install_name']}")

        which = which.gsub(/\$(\w+)/) do
          case $1
          when "env"
            @env_path ||= ENV_PATHS.find {|env_path| File.executable? env_path }
          when "ruby"
            "#{Gem.ruby}#{opts}"
          when "exec"
            bin_file_name
          when "name"
            spec.name
          end
        end

        "#!#{which}"
      elsif not ruby_name
        "#!#{Gem.ruby}#{opts}"
      elsif opts
        "#!/bin/sh\n'exec' #{ruby_name.dump} '-x' \"$0\" \"$@\"\n#{shebang}"
      else
        # Create a plain shebang line.
        @env_path ||= ENV_PATHS.find {|env_path| File.executable? env_path }
        "#!#{@env_path} #{ruby_name}"
      end
    end

spec() click to toggle source

Lazy accessor for the installer's spec.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 276
    def spec
      @package.spec
    rescue Gem::Package::Error => e
      raise Gem::InstallError, "invalid gem: #{e.message}"
    end

spec_file() click to toggle source

The location of the spec file that is installed.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 429
    def spec_file
      File.join gem_home, "specifications", "#{spec.full_name}.gemspec"
    end

unpack(directory) click to toggle source

Unpacks the gem into the given directory.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 420
    def unpack(directory)
      @gem_dir = directory
      extract_files
    end

verify_spec() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 728
    def verify_spec
      unless spec.name =~ Gem::Specification::VALID_NAME_PATTERN
        raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec} has an invalid name"
      end

      if spec.raw_require_paths.any?{|path| path =~ /\R/ }
        raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec} has an invalid require_paths"
      end

      if spec.extensions.any?{|ext| ext =~ /\R/ }
        raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec} has an invalid extensions"
      end

      unless spec.specification_version.to_s =~ /\A\d+\z/
        raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec} has an invalid specification_version"
      end

      if spec.dependencies.any? {|dep| dep.type =~ /\R/ || dep.name =~ /\R/ }
        raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec} has an invalid dependencies"
      end
    end

windows_stub_script(bindir, bin_file_name) click to toggle source

return the stub script text used to launch the true Ruby script

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 790
      def windows_stub_script(bindir, bin_file_name)
        rb_config = RbConfig::CONFIG
        rb_topdir = RbConfig::TOPDIR || File.dirname(rb_config["bindir"])

        # get ruby executable file name from RbConfig
        ruby_exe = "#{rb_config['RUBY_INSTALL_NAME']}#{rb_config['EXEEXT']}"
        ruby_exe = "ruby.exe" if ruby_exe.empty?

        if File.exist?(File.join bindir, ruby_exe)
          # stub & ruby.exe withing same folder.  Portable
          <<-TEXT
    @ECHO OFF
    @"%~dp0ruby.exe" "%~dpn0" %*
          TEXT
        elsif bindir.downcase.start_with? rb_topdir.downcase
          # stub within ruby folder, but not standard bin.  Portable
          require 'pathname'
          from = Pathname.new bindir
          to   = Pathname.new "#{rb_topdir}/bin"
          rel  = to.relative_path_from from
          <<-TEXT
    @ECHO OFF
    @"%~dp0#{rel}/ruby.exe" "%~dpn0" %*
          TEXT
        else
          # outside ruby folder, maybe -user-install or bundler.  Portable, but ruby
          # is dependent on PATH
          <<-TEXT
    @ECHO OFF
    @ruby.exe "%~dpn0" %*
          TEXT
        end
      end

write_build_info_file() click to toggle source

Writes the file containing the arguments for building this gem's extensions.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 921
    def write_build_info_file
      return if @build_args.empty?

      build_info_dir = File.join gem_home, 'build_info'

      dir_mode = options[:dir_mode]
      FileUtils.mkdir_p build_info_dir, :mode => dir_mode && 0755

      build_info_file = File.join build_info_dir, "#{spec.full_name}.info"

      File.open build_info_file, 'w' do |io|
        @build_args.each do |arg|
          io.puts arg
        end
      end

      File.chmod(dir_mode, build_info_dir) if dir_mode
    end

write_cache_file() click to toggle source

Writes the .gem file to the cache directory

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 943
    def write_cache_file
      cache_file = File.join gem_home, 'cache', spec.file_name
      @package.copy_to cache_file
    end

write_default_spec() click to toggle source

Writes the full .gemspec specification (in Ruby) to the gem home's specifications/default directory.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 459
    def write_default_spec
      File.open(default_spec_file, "w") do |file|
        file.puts spec.to_ruby
      end
    end

write_spec() click to toggle source

Writes the .gemspec specification (in Ruby) to the gem home's specifications directory.

    # File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 445
    def write_spec
      File.open spec_file, 'w' do |file|
        spec.installed_by_version = Gem.rubygems_version

        file.puts spec.to_ruby_for_cache

        file.fsync rescue nil # for filesystems without fsync(2)
      end
    end