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Installing and Using a Gem


require 'rubygems/installer'
require 'rubygems/remote_installer'

def install_gem(gem_name)
  if File.file? gem_name:
    Gem::Installer.new(gem_name).install
  else
    Gem::RemoteInstaller.new.install(gem_name)
  end
end

install_gem('cmdparse')








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