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What is the simplest way to download a gem without installing rubygems?

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I would like to download a gem without installing all the required gems for a given gem. Specifically for the Rails 3 gem. It has a lot of dependencies, and I need to install it on a closed server which currently has no ruby/rake/rails software. Any clues would be great as clicking through rubygems…

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To download a single gem use (using loudmouth gem as an example): to download all gems that your Rails 3 app depends on run: This will download all gems (and their dependencies) and place them into vendor/cache (without installing them). You can the…

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