SYNOPSIS

gem1.8 command [arguments...] [options...]

gem1.8 -h | --help

gem1.8 -v | --version

DESCRIPTION

gem1.8 is the front end to RubyGems, a sophisticated package manager for Ruby. This is a basic help message containing pointers to more information.

Further help:

gem1.8 help commands

list all 'gem1.8' commands

gem1.8 help examples

show some examples of usage

gem1.8 help <COMMAND>

show help on COMMAND

(e.g. 'gem1.8 help install')

Further information:

http://rubygems.org/

EXAMPLES

gem1.8 install rake
gem1.8 list --local
gem1.8 build package.gemspec
gem1.8 help install