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What are Ruby Gems?

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Last Updated: February 17, 2009 10:55 AM

Gems are the Ruby equivalent of PHP libraries. They provide built-in functionality for programming. Deluxe and Unlimited Hosting accounts running Hosting Configuration 2.0 already have a selection of installed Gems whose versions are kept current. To see what Gems are installed on your hosting account, see What Ruby Gems are installed on my hosting account?.