Posted by mojavelinux on URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/Gem-paths-craziness-on-cygwin-tp3425p3429.html
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:23 PM, wolandscat [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:
I now have rvm on the machine correctly installed as far as I can tell. Since I already have a 'system' ruby, I told it to use that (rvm use system). I also set GEM_HOME to /usr/local in ~/.bash_profile.
Oops. I forgot to mention that "system" ruby means that RVM is effectively disabled. You have to install at least one Ruby for RVM to be truly functional.
I agree that more instructions are necessary in the documentation regarding gem installation (esp since the documentation available for RubyGems is pretty confusing). A lot of this content belongs in the planned "contributing" guide since anything that is still in alpha is not really ready for general usage. The README can then focus on general usage...a happier path so to speak towards installation.