How do I reset my gem environment?

Question

I am currently unable to install any gems because I keep getting the follwiing error message

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::E045) Operation not supported - /home/rocker

I am using sudo command. I believe the issue is in my gen env has info that is no longer correct

1. RubyGems Environment:
   • RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.7
   • RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [universal-darwin10.0]
   • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /home/rocker/ruby/gems
   • RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
   • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /home/rocker/ruby/gems/bin
   • RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
     • ruby
     • universal-darwin-10
   • GEM PATHS:
     • /home/rocker/ruby/gems
     • /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
   • GEM CONFIGURATION:
     • :update_sources => true
     • :verbose => true
     • :benchmark => false
     • :backtrace => false
     • :bulk_threshold => 1000
     • "gempath" => ["/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8"]
     • "gem" => "--remote --gen-rdoc --run-tests"
     • "gemhome" => "/home/rocker/ruby/gems"
     • "rdoc" => "--inline-source --line-numbers"
   • REMOTE SOURCES:
     • http://rubygems.org/ the
   • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /home/rocker/ruby/gems
   • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /home/rocker/ruby/gems/bin
   • GEM PATHS:
     • /home/rocker/ruby/gems
     • /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

all point to the a incorrect location( /home/rocker/), how do i change it

i have tried setting items in my path

export GEM_HOME=/Users/Digitalsleep01/Documents/Codeworks/codebase/Gems export GEM_PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

thanks for help in advance

Answer 1

Try exporting the above commands with sudo.