gem – Manage Ruby gems

Synopsis

  • Manage installation and uninstallation of Ruby gems.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
build_flags
-
added in 2.0
Allow adding build flags for gem compilation
env_shebang
-
added in 2.2
 Default:
"no"
Rewrite the shebang line on installed scripts to use /usr/bin/env.
executable
-
added in 1.4
Override the path to the gem executable
gem_source
-
The path to a local gem used as installation source.
include_dependencies
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to include dependencies or not.
include_doc
-
added in 2.0
 Default:
"no"
Install with or without docs.
install_dir
-
added in 2.6
Install the gems into a specific directory. These gems will be independant from the global installed ones. Specifying this requires user_install to be false.
name
- / required
The name of the gem to be managed.
pre_release
-
added in 1.6
 Default:
"no"
Allow installation of pre-release versions of the gem.
repository
-
The repository from which the gem will be installed

aliases: source
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • latest
The desired state of the gem. latest ensures that the latest version is installed.
user_install
boolean
added in 1.3
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Install gem in user's local gems cache or for all users
version
-
Version of the gem to be installed/removed.

Examples

# Installs version 1.0 of vagrant.
- gem:
    name: vagrant
    version: 1.0
    state: present

# Installs latest available version of rake.
- gem:
    name: rake
    state: latest

# Installs rake version 1.0 from a local gem on disk.
- gem:
    name: rake
    gem_source: /path/to/gems/rake-1.0.gem
    state: present

Status

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team
  • Johan Wiren

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