gem - Ruby’s rubygem packages

Supported Uses in FPM

fpm supports using gem only as an input type. This means you can convert gem input packages to output packages like deb, rpm, and more.

gem-specific command line flags

• --gem-bin-path DIRECTORY

  • The directory to install gem executables

• --gem-disable-dependency gem_name

  • The gem name to remove from dependency list

• --[no-]gem-embed-dependencies

  • Should the gem dependencies be installed?

• --[no-]gem-env-shebang

  • Should the target package have the shebang rewritten to use env?

• --[no-]gem-fix-dependencies

  • Should the package dependencies be prefixed?

• --[no-]gem-fix-name

  • Should the target package name be prefixed?

• --gem-gem PATH_TO_GEM

  • The path to the ‘gem’ tool (defaults to ‘gem’ and searches your $PATH)

• --gem-git-branch GIT_BRANCH

  • When using a git repo as the source of the gem instead of rubygems.org, use this git branch.

• --gem-git-repo GIT_REPO

  • Use this git repo address as the source of the gem instead of rubygems.org.

• --gem-package-name-prefix PREFIX

  • Name to prefix the package name with.

• --gem-package-prefix NAMEPREFIX

  • (DEPRECATED, use –package-name-prefix) Name to prefix the package name with.

• --[no-]gem-prerelease

  • Allow prerelease versions of a gem

• --gem-shebang SHEBANG

  • Replace the shebang in the executables in the bin path with a custom string

• --gem-stagingdir STAGINGDIR

  • The directory where fpm installs the gem temporarily before conversion. Normally a random subdirectory of workdir.

• --[no-]gem-version-bins

  • Append the version to the bins