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Installs RubyGems itself. This command is ordinarily only available from a RubyGems checkout or tarball.
 
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 12
def initialize
  require 'tmpdir'
  super 'setup', 'Install RubyGems',
        :format_executable => true, :document => %w[ri],
        :site_or_vendor => 'sitelibdir',
        :destdir => '', :prefix => '', :previous_version => ''
  add_option '--previous-version=VERSION',
             'Previous version of rubygems',
             'Used for changelog processing' do |version, options|
    options[:previous_version] = version
  end
  add_option '--prefix=PREFIX',
             'Prefix path for installing RubyGems',
             'Will not affect gem repository location' do |prefix, options|
    options[:prefix] = File.expand_path prefix
  end
  add_option '--destdir=DESTDIR',
             'Root directory to install RubyGems into',
             'Mainly used for packaging RubyGems' do |destdir, options|
    options[:destdir] = File.expand_path destdir
  end
  add_option '--[no-]vendor',
             'Install into vendorlibdir not sitelibdir' do |vendor, options|
    options[:site_or_vendor] = vendor ? 'vendorlibdir' : 'sitelibdir'
  end
  add_option '--[no-]format-executable',
             'Makes `gem` match ruby',
             'If ruby is ruby18, gem will be gem18' do |value, options|
    options[:format_executable] = value
  end
  add_option '--[no-]document [TYPES]', Array,
             'Generate documentation for RubyGems',
             'List the documentation types you wish to',
             'generate.  For example: rdoc,ri' do |value, options|
    options[:document] = case value
                         when nil   then %w[rdoc ri]
                         when false then []
                         else            value
                         end
  end
  add_option '--[no-]rdoc',
             'Generate RDoc documentation for RubyGems' do |value, options|
    if value then
      options[:document] << 'rdoc'
    else
      options[:document].delete 'rdoc'
    end
    options[:document].uniq!
  end
  add_option '--[no-]ri',
             'Generate RI documentation for RubyGems' do |value, options|
    if value then
      options[:document] << 'ri'
    else
      options[:document].delete 'ri'
    end
    options[:document].uniq!
  end
  @verbose = nil
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 85
def check_ruby_version
  required_version = Gem::Requirement.new '>= 1.8.7'
  unless required_version.satisfied_by? Gem.ruby_version then
    alert_error "Expected Ruby version #{required_version}, is #{Gem.ruby_version}"
    terminate_interaction 1
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 116
def execute
  @verbose = Gem.configuration.really_verbose
  install_destdir = options[:destdir]
  unless install_destdir.empty? then
    ENV['GEM_HOME'] ||= File.join(install_destdir,
                                  Gem.default_dir.gsub(/^[a-zA-Z]:/, ''))
  end
  check_ruby_version
  require 'fileutils'
  if Gem.configuration.really_verbose then
    extend FileUtils::Verbose
  else
    extend FileUtils
  end
  lib_dir, bin_dir = make_destination_dirs install_destdir
  install_lib lib_dir
  install_executables bin_dir
  remove_old_bin_files bin_dir
  remove_old_lib_files lib_dir
  say "RubyGems #{Gem::VERSION} installed"
  uninstall_old_gemcutter
  documentation_success = install_rdoc
  say
  if @verbose then
    say "-" * 78
    say
  end
  if options[:previous_version].empty?
    options[:previous_version] = Gem::VERSION.sub(/[0-9]+$/, '0')
  end
  options[:previous_version] = Gem::Version.new(options[:previous_version])
  show_release_notes
  say
  say "-" * 78
  say
  say "RubyGems installed the following executables:"
  say @bin_file_names.map { |name| "\t#{name}\n" }
  say
  unless @bin_file_names.grep(/#{File::SEPARATOR}gem$/) then
    say "If `gem` was installed by a previous RubyGems installation, you may need"
    say "to remove it by hand."
    say
  end
  if documentation_success
    if options[:document].include? 'rdoc' then
      say "Rdoc documentation was installed. You may now invoke:"
      say "  gem server"
      say "and then peruse beautifully formatted documentation for your gems"
      say "with your web browser."
      say "If you do not wish to install this documentation in the future, use the"
      say "--no-document flag, or set it as the default in your ~/.gemrc file. See"
      say "'gem help env' for details."
      say
    end
    if options[:document].include? 'ri' then
      say "Ruby Interactive (ri) documentation was installed. ri is kind of like man "
      say "pages for ruby libraries. You may access it like this:"
      say "  ri Classname"
      say "  ri Classname.class_method"
      say "  ri Classname#instance_method"
      say "If you do not wish to install this documentation in the future, use the"
      say "--no-document flag, or set it as the default in your ~/.gemrc file. See"
      say "'gem help env' for details."
      say
    end
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 342
def generate_default_dirs(install_destdir)
  prefix = options[:prefix]
  site_or_vendor = options[:site_or_vendor]
  if prefix.empty? then
    lib_dir = RbConfig::CONFIG[site_or_vendor]
    bin_dir = RbConfig::CONFIG['bindir']
  else
    # Apple installed RubyGems into libdir, and RubyGems <= 1.1.0 gets
    # confused about installation location, so switch back to
    # sitelibdir/vendorlibdir.
    if defined?(APPLE_GEM_HOME) and
      # just in case Apple and RubyGems don't get this patched up proper.
      (prefix == RbConfig::CONFIG['libdir'] or
       # this one is important
       prefix == File.join(RbConfig::CONFIG['libdir'], 'ruby')) then
       lib_dir = RbConfig::CONFIG[site_or_vendor]
       bin_dir = RbConfig::CONFIG['bindir']
    else
      lib_dir = File.join prefix, 'lib'
      bin_dir = File.join prefix, 'bin'
    end
  end
  unless install_destdir.empty? then
    lib_dir = File.join install_destdir, lib_dir.gsub(/^[a-zA-Z]:/, '')
    bin_dir = File.join install_destdir, bin_dir.gsub(/^[a-zA-Z]:/, '')
  end
  [lib_dir, bin_dir]
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 205
  def install_executables(bin_dir)
    say "Installing gem executable" if @verbose
    @bin_file_names = []
    Dir.chdir 'bin' do
      bin_files = Dir['*']
      bin_files.delete 'update_rubygems'
      bin_files.each do |bin_file|
        bin_file_formatted = if options[:format_executable] then
                               Gem.default_exec_format % bin_file
                             else
                               bin_file
                             end
        dest_file = File.join bin_dir, bin_file_formatted
        bin_tmp_file = File.join Dir.tmpdir, "#{bin_file}.#{$$}"
        begin
          bin = File.readlines bin_file
          bin[0] = "#!#{Gem.ruby}\n"
          File.open bin_tmp_file, 'w' do |fp|
            fp.puts bin.join
          end
          install bin_tmp_file, dest_file, :mode => 0755
          @bin_file_names << dest_file
        ensure
          rm bin_tmp_file
        end
        next unless Gem.win_platform?
        begin
          bin_cmd_file = File.join Dir.tmpdir, "#{bin_file}.bat"
          File.open bin_cmd_file, 'w' do |file|
            file.puts <<-TEXT
@ECHO OFF
IF NOT "%~f0" == "~f0" GOTO :WinNT
@"#{File.basename(Gem.ruby).chomp('"')}" "#{dest_file}" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
GOTO :EOF
:WinNT
@"#{File.basename(Gem.ruby).chomp('"')}" "%~dpn0" %*
TEXT
          end
          install bin_cmd_file, "#{dest_file}.bat", :mode => 0755
        ensure
          rm bin_cmd_file
        end
      end
    end
  end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 263
def install_file file, dest_dir
  dest_file = File.join dest_dir, file
  dest_dir = File.dirname dest_file
  mkdir_p dest_dir unless File.directory? dest_dir
  install file, dest_file, :mode => 0644
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 271
def install_lib(lib_dir)
  say "Installing RubyGems" if @verbose
  lib_files = rb_files_in 'lib'
  pem_files = pem_files_in 'lib'
  Dir.chdir 'lib' do
    lib_files.each do |lib_file|
      install_file lib_file, lib_dir
    end
    pem_files.each do |pem_file|
      install_file pem_file, lib_dir
    end
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 288
def install_rdoc
  gem_doc_dir = File.join Gem.dir, 'doc'
  rubygems_name = "rubygems-#{Gem::VERSION}"
  rubygems_doc_dir = File.join gem_doc_dir, rubygems_name
  begin
    Gem.ensure_gem_subdirectories Gem.dir
  rescue SystemCallError
    # ignore
  end
  if File.writable? gem_doc_dir and
     (not File.exist? rubygems_doc_dir or
      File.writable? rubygems_doc_dir) then
    say "Removing old RubyGems RDoc and ri" if @verbose
    Dir[File.join(Gem.dir, 'doc', 'rubygems-[0-9]*')].each do |dir|
      rm_rf dir
    end
    require 'rubygems/rdoc'
    fake_spec = Gem::Specification.new 'rubygems', Gem::VERSION
    def fake_spec.full_gem_path
      File.expand_path '../../../..', __FILE__
    end
    generate_ri   = options[:document].include? 'ri'
    generate_rdoc = options[:document].include? 'rdoc'
    rdoc = Gem::RDoc.new fake_spec, generate_rdoc, generate_ri
    rdoc.generate
    return true
  elsif @verbose then
    say "Skipping RDoc generation, #{gem_doc_dir} not writable"
    say "Set the GEM_HOME environment variable if you want RDoc generated"
  end
  return false
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 329
def make_destination_dirs(install_destdir)
  lib_dir, bin_dir = Gem.default_rubygems_dirs
  unless lib_dir
    lib_dir, bin_dir = generate_default_dirs(install_destdir)
  end
  mkdir_p lib_dir
  mkdir_p bin_dir
  return lib_dir, bin_dir
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 374
def pem_files_in dir
  Dir.chdir dir do
    Dir[File.join('**', '*pem')]
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 380
def rb_files_in dir
  Dir.chdir dir do
    Dir[File.join('**', '*rb')]
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 386
  def remove_old_bin_files(bin_dir)
    old_bin_files = {
      'gem_mirror' => 'gem mirror',
      'gem_server' => 'gem server',
      'gemlock' => 'gem lock',
      'gemri' => 'ri',
      'gemwhich' => 'gem which',
      'index_gem_repository.rb' => 'gem generate_index',
    }
    old_bin_files.each do |old_bin_file, new_name|
      old_bin_path = File.join bin_dir, old_bin_file
      next unless File.exist? old_bin_path
      deprecation_message = "`#{old_bin_file}` has been deprecated.  Use `#{new_name}` instead."
      File.open old_bin_path, 'w' do |fp|
        fp.write <<-EOF
#!#{Gem.ruby}
abort "#{deprecation_message}"
    EOF
      end
      next unless Gem.win_platform?
      File.open "#{old_bin_path}.bat", 'w' do |fp|
        fp.puts %{@ECHO.#{deprecation_message}}
      end
    end
  end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 418
def remove_old_lib_files lib_dir
  rubygems_dir = File.join lib_dir, 'rubygems'
  lib_files = rb_files_in 'lib/rubygems'
  old_lib_files = rb_files_in rubygems_dir
  to_remove = old_lib_files - lib_files
  to_remove.delete_if do |file|
    file.start_with? 'defaults'
  end
  Dir.chdir rubygems_dir do
    to_remove.each do |file|
      FileUtils.rm_f file
      warn "unable to remove old file #{file} please remove it by hand" if
        File.exist? file
    end
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb, line 440
  def show_release_notes
    release_notes = File.join Dir.pwd, 'History.txt'
    release_notes =
      if File.exist? release_notes then
        history = File.read release_notes
        history.force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8 if
          Object.const_defined? :Encoding
        history = history.sub(/^# coding:.*?(?=^=)/m, '')
        text = history.split(HISTORY_HEADER)
        text.shift # correct an off-by-one generated by split
        version_lines = history.scan(HISTORY_HEADER)
        versions = history.scan(VERSION_MATCHER).flatten.map do |x|
          Gem::Version.new(x)
        end
        history_string = ""
        until versions.length == 0 or
              versions.shift < options[:previous_version] do
          history_string += version_lines.shift + text.shift
        end
        history_string
      else
        "Oh-no! Unable to find release notes!"
      end
    say release_notes
  end
  def uninstall_old_gemcutter
    require 'rubygems/uninstaller'
    ui = Gem::Uninstaller.new('gemcutter', :all => true, :ignore => true,
                              :version => '< 0.4')
    ui.uninstall
  rescue Gem::InstallError
  end
end