= RubyGems
 
(See Releases for release-specific information)
 
== Installation
 
Get it from RubyForge (http://rubygems.rubyforge.org) and run (as root, if appropriate and necessary)
 
  ruby setup.rb
 
For more details and other options, see:
 
  ruby setup.rb --help
 
* {User Guide/Installation}[http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3]
 
== For User Documentation, see
 
* {RubyGems User Guide}[http://docs.rubygems.org/read/book/1]
* {Frequently Asked Questions}[http://docs.rubygems.org/read/book/3]
 
== For developer docs see
 
* {Creating Gems}[http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/5]
* {GEM Specification}[http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20]
 
== The home page of the RubyGems Documentation
 
* {RubyGems Home}[http://rubygems.rubyforge.org]
 
== Additional directories
 
[./bin/...]       binary commands (gem, gem_server, etc)
[./lib/...]       the RubyGems library
[./pkgs/...]  default RubyGems packages (currently only 'sources')
[./test/...]      unit and functional tests
 
== Credits
 
RubyGems was originally developed at RubyConf 2003 by:
 
* Rich Kilmer -- rich(at)infoether.com
* Chad Fowler -- chad(at)chadfowler.com
* David Black -- dblack(at)wobblini.net
* Paul Brannan -- paul(at)atdesk.com
* Jim Weirch -- {jim(at)weirichhouse.org}[mailto:jim@weirichhouse.org]
 
== Contributors since then
 
* Gavin Sinclair -- gsinclair(at)soyabean.com.au
* George Marrows-- george.marrows(at)ntlworld.com
* Dick Davies -- rasputnik(at)hellooperator.net
* Mauricio Fernandez -- batsman.geo(at)yahoo.com
* Simon Strandgaard -- neoneye(at)adslhome.dk
* Dave Glasser -- glasser(at)mit.edu
* Paul Duncan -- pabs(at)pablotron.org
* Ville Aine -- vaine(at)cs.helsinki.fi
* Ryan Davis -- 
* Eric Hodel -- drbrain(at)segment7.net
 
(If your name is missing, PLEASE let us know!)
 
== Feedback
 
Please provide us feedback at http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems
 
Thanks!
 
-The RubyGems Team