Ruby gems.. exporting to server?

I'm new to ruby gems and I'm wondering.. if I was using an API from Ruby gems to write a script and I then exported the script to a server for it to run there, would I have to install the gem on the server? Is there know way for me to bundle it up into 1 file I 开发者_StackOverflow社区just run? (like a Java jar)

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Simply include your gem in your gem file, then when you deploy and run bundle install on the server it will get all your dependencies including your gem

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bundle package will package all your gems into your rails app.

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Bundler install your gem for you , but it dosn't include the gem in your script. if you dont have many dependencies you could try to simple unpack the gem in to a folder , you have to require the gem following your relative path , the main problem is if some of your gem have to compile native code (like hpricot) . use

gem unpack GEMNAME 

into your script folder and then locate the main file to require in your code (usualy in a lib direcotory into the unpacked gem) . this work easly only for simple gems without chain dependencies.

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I usually just create a vendor directory in my application and extract your gems there. gem unpack gem_name will do it for you or you can use Rails' rake gem:unpack GEM=gem_name.

Bundler is another great solution but if you just want a quick and dirty solution then just unpack the gem into your application and be done with it.