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Installs a gem along with all its dependencies from local and remote gems.
Creates a new installer instance.
Options are:
Alternate repository path to store .gem files in.
:local, :remote, or :both.  :local only searches gems in the current directory.  :remote searches only gems in Gem::sources. :both searches both.
See Gem::Installer::new.
See Gem::Installer#initialize.
Don't install any dependencies.
Allow prerelease versions.  See install.
See Gem::Installer::new and Gem::Security.
 
               # File rubygems/dependency_installer.rb, line 73
def initialize options = {}
  @only_install_dir = !!options[:install_dir]
  @install_dir = options[:install_dir] || Gem.dir
  @build_root = options[:build_root]
  options = DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge options
  @bin_dir             = options[:bin_dir]
  @dev_shallow         = options[:dev_shallow]
  @development         = options[:development]
  @document            = options[:document]
  @domain              = options[:domain]
  @env_shebang         = options[:env_shebang]
  @force               = options[:force]
  @format_executable   = options[:format_executable]
  @ignore_dependencies = options[:ignore_dependencies]
  @prerelease          = options[:prerelease]
  @security_policy     = options[:security_policy]
  @user_install        = options[:user_install]
  @wrappers            = options[:wrappers]
  @build_args          = options[:build_args]
  @build_docs_in_background = options[:build_docs_in_background]
  @install_as_default  = options[:install_as_default]
  # Indicates that we should not try to update any deps unless
  # we absolutely must.
  @minimal_deps        = options[:minimal_deps]
  @available      = nil
  @installed_gems = []
  @toplevel_specs = nil
  @cache_dir = options[:cache_dir] || @install_dir
  @errors = []
end
             
            Indicated, based on the requested domain, if local gems should be considered.
 
               # File rubygems/dependency_installer.rb, line 183
def consider_local?
  @domain == :both or @domain == :local
end
             
            Indicated, based on the requested domain, if remote gems should be considered.
 
               # File rubygems/dependency_installer.rb, line 191
def consider_remote?
  @domain == :both or @domain == :remote
end
             
            Finds a spec and the source_uri it came from for gem gem_name and version.  Returns an Array of specs and sources required for installation of the gem.
 
               # File rubygems/dependency_installer.rb, line 275
def find_spec_by_name_and_version gem_name,
                                  version = Gem::Requirement.default,
                                  prerelease = false
  set = Gem::AvailableSet.new
  if consider_local?
    if gem_name =~ /\.gem$/ and File.file? gem_name then
      src = Gem::Source::SpecificFile.new(gem_name)
      set.add src.spec, src
    elsif gem_name =~ /\.gem$/ then
      Dir[gem_name].each do |name|
        begin
          src = Gem::Source::SpecificFile.new name
          set.add src.spec, src
        rescue Gem::Package::FormatError
        end
      end
    else
      local = Gem::Source::Local.new
      if s = local.find_gem(gem_name, version)
        set.add s, local
      end
    end
  end
  if set.empty?
    dep = Gem::Dependency.new gem_name, version
    dep.prerelease = true if prerelease
    set = find_gems_with_sources(dep, true)
    set.match_platform!
  end
  if set.empty?
    raise Gem::SpecificGemNotFoundException.new(gem_name, version, @errors)
  end
  @available = set
end
             
            Installs the gem dep_or_name and all its dependencies.  Returns an Array of installed gem specifications.
If the :prerelease option is set and there is a prerelease for dep_or_name the prerelease version will be installed.
Unless explicitly specified as a prerelease dependency, prerelease gems that dep_or_name depend on will not be installed.
If c-1.a depends on b-1 and a-1.a and there is a gem b-1.a available then c-1.a, b-1 and a-1.a will be installed. b-1.a will need to be installed separately.
 
               # File rubygems/dependency_installer.rb, line 383
def install dep_or_name, version = Gem::Requirement.default
  request_set = resolve_dependencies dep_or_name, version
  @installed_gems = []
  options = {
    :bin_dir             => @bin_dir,
    :build_args          => @build_args,
    :document            => @document,
    :env_shebang         => @env_shebang,
    :force               => @force,
    :format_executable   => @format_executable,
    :ignore_dependencies => @ignore_dependencies,
    :prerelease          => @prerelease,
    :security_policy     => @security_policy,
    :user_install        => @user_install,
    :wrappers            => @wrappers,
    :build_root          => @build_root,
    :install_as_default  => @install_as_default
  }
  options[:install_dir] = @install_dir if @only_install_dir
  request_set.install options do |_, installer|
    @installed_gems << installer.spec if installer
  end
  @installed_gems.sort!
  # Since this is currently only called for docs, we can be lazy and just say
  # it's documentation. Ideally the hook adder could decide whether to be in
  # the background or not, and what to call it.
  in_background "Installing documentation" do
    Gem.done_installing_hooks.each do |hook|
      hook.call self, @installed_gems
    end
  end unless Gem.done_installing_hooks.empty?
  @installed_gems
end