apt-get reporting wrong?

[Jordon Bedwell]

On 11/06/2010 03:25 AM, H.S.Rai wrote:
> gem was working fine. I "apt-get autoremove" to remove un-used packages.
> 
> I found gem was not working. I tried to install, apt-get reports that
> it is already installed. I removed it, installed it. But still "gem"
> command is not found.
> 
> How I can install gem? See below signature for commands and response.

Commands for Debian maintained Gem:

gem1.8
gem1.9.1

Gem comes with ruby1.9.1 package because it's partially integrated into
Ruby 1.9 branch but if you use ruby1.8 package you'll need to install
rubygems1.8 and create your own symbolic link:

ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem