GEM2TGZ(1)

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version 2.2.9 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the gem2tgz manual page (section 1, the user commands girlies 💅) and it's literally here to convert Rubygems' .gem file into tarballs. that's the whole job. she's focused. she's booked. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

two ways to run her, pick your fighter:

gem2tgz [OPTIONS] GEMNAME [TARBALL] (to download the gem with gem fetch)

gem2tgz [OPTIONS] GEMFILE [TARBALL] (to use a local .gem file)

so like, either you hand her a GEMNAME and she goes and fetches it with gem fetch, or you already have a GEMFILE sitting there locally and she uses that instead. either way there might be TARBALL. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

gem2tgz will convert the .gem file GEM into a tarball named TARBALL. no cap.

and if you leave TARBALL off? she doesn't panic, she's iconic like that 👑 — she will try to guess the filename for the tarball by taking GEM and replacing '.gem' with '.tar.gz'.

so something.gem walks in, something.tar.gz walks out. glow up fr fr ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Copyright (c) 2010, Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@softwarelivre.org>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

bestie the "WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY" part is real, okay, she's not your lawyer, she's not your warranty, she's just out here converting .gem files 😭💀

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this lore dropped on 2026-05-15, live from the GEM2TGZ(1) manual. periodt. 🎀🦋💖

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