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new(gem, options={}) public

Constructs an Installer instance that will install the gem located at gem. options is a Hash with the following keys:

:bin_dir	Where to put a bin wrapper if needed.
:development	Whether or not development dependencies should be installed.
:env_shebang	Use /usr/bin/env in bin wrappers.
:force	Overrides all version checks and security policy checks, except for a signed-gems-only policy.
:format_executable	Format the executable the same as the Ruby executable. If your Ruby is ruby18, foo_exec will be installed as foo_exec18.
:ignore_dependencies	Don’t raise if a dependency is missing.
:install_dir	The directory to install the gem into.
:security_policy	Use the specified security policy. See Gem::Security
:user_install	Indicate that the gem should be unpacked into the users personal gem directory.
:only_install_dir	Only validate dependencies against what is in the install_dir
:wrappers	Install wrappers if true, symlinks if false.
:build_args	An Array of arguments to pass to the extension builder process. If not set, then Gem::Command.build_args is used

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# File lib/rubygems/installer.rb, line 125
  def initialize(gem, options={})
    require 'fileutils'

    @gem = gem
    @options = options
    @package = Gem::Package.new @gem

    process_options

    @package.security_policy = @security_policy

    if options[:user_install] and not options[:unpack] then
      @gem_home = Gem.user_dir
      @bin_dir = Gem.bindir gem_home unless options[:bin_dir]
      check_that_user_bin_dir_is_in_path
    end
  end

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