bundle-install(1) -- Install the dependencies specified in your Gemfile
=======================================================================

## SYNOPSIS

`bundle install` [--binstubs[=DIRECTORY]]
                 [--clean]
                 [--deployment]
                 [--frozen]
                 [--full-index]
                 [--gemfile=GEMFILE]
                 [--jobs=NUMBER]
                 [--local]
                 [--no-cache]
                 [--no-prune]
                 [--path PATH]
                 [--quiet]
                 [--redownload]
                 [--retry=NUMBER]
                 [--shebang]
                 [--standalone[=GROUP[ GROUP...]]]
                 [--system]
                 [--trust-policy=POLICY]
                 [--with=GROUP[ GROUP...]]
                 [--without=GROUP[ GROUP...]]

## DESCRIPTION

Install the gems specified in your Gemfile(5). If this is the first
time you run bundle install (and a `Gemfile.lock` does not exist),
Bundler will fetch all remote sources, resolve dependencies and
install all needed gems.

If a `Gemfile.lock` does exist, and you have not updated your Gemfile(5),
Bundler will fetch all remote sources, but use the dependencies
specified in the `Gemfile.lock` instead of resolving dependencies.

If a `Gemfile.lock` does exist, and you have updated your Gemfile(5),
Bundler will use the dependencies in the `Gemfile.lock` for all gems
that you did not update, but will re-resolve the dependencies of
gems that you did update. You can find more information about this
update process below under [CONSERVATIVE UPDATING][].

## OPTIONS

The `--clean`, `--deployment`, `--frozen`, `--no-prune`, `--path`, `--shebang`,
`--system`, `--without` and `--with` options are deprecated because they only
make sense if they are applied to every subsequent `bundle install` run
automatically and that requires `bundler` to silently remember them. Since
`bundler` will no longer remember CLI flags in future versions, `bundle config`
(see bundle-config(1)) should be used to apply them permanently.

* `--binstubs[=<directory>]`:
  Binstubs are scripts that wrap around executables. Bundler creates a small Ruby
  file (a binstub) that loads Bundler, runs the command, and puts it in `bin/`.
  This lets you link the binstub inside of an application to the exact gem
  version the application needs.

  Creates a directory (defaults to `~/bin`) and places any executables from the
  gem there. These executables run in Bundler's context. If used, you might add
  this directory to your environment's `PATH` variable. For instance, if the
  `rails` gem comes with a `rails` executable, this flag will create a
  `bin/rails` executable that ensures that all referred dependencies will be
  resolved using the bundled gems.

* `--clean`:
  On finishing the installation Bundler is going to remove any gems not present
  in the current Gemfile(5). Don't worry, gems currently in use will not be
  removed.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `clean` setting.

* `--deployment`:
  In [deployment mode][DEPLOYMENT MODE], Bundler will 'roll-out' the bundle for
  production or CI use. Please check carefully if you want to have this option
  enabled in your development environment.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `deployment` setting.

* `--redownload`:
  Force download every gem, even if the required versions are already available
  locally.

* `--frozen`:
  Do not allow the Gemfile.lock to be updated after this install. Exits
  non-zero if there are going to be changes to the Gemfile.lock.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `frozen` setting.

* `--full-index`:
  Bundler will not call Rubygems' API endpoint (default) but download and cache
  a (currently big) index file of all gems. Performance can be improved for
  large bundles that seldom change by enabling this option.

* `--gemfile=<gemfile>`:
  The location of the Gemfile(5) which Bundler should use. This defaults
  to a Gemfile(5) in the current working directory. In general, Bundler
  will assume that the location of the Gemfile(5) is also the project's
  root and will try to find `Gemfile.lock` and `vendor/cache` relative
  to this location.

* `--jobs=[<number>]`, `-j[<number>]`:
  The maximum number of parallel download and install jobs. The default is the
  number of available processors.

* `--local`:
  Do not attempt to connect to `rubygems.org`. Instead, Bundler will use the
  gems already present in Rubygems' cache or in `vendor/cache`. Note that if an
  appropriate platform-specific gem exists on `rubygems.org` it will not be
  found.

* `--prefer-local`:
  Force using locally installed gems, or gems already present in Rubygems' cache
  or in `vendor/cache`, when resolving, even if newer versions are available
  remotely. Only attempt to connect to `rubygems.org` for gems that are not
  present locally.

* `--no-cache`:
  Do not update the cache in `vendor/cache` with the newly bundled gems. This
  does not remove any gems in the cache but keeps the newly bundled gems from
  being cached during the install.

* `--no-prune`:
  Don't remove stale gems from the cache when the installation finishes.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `no_prune` setting.

* `--path=<path>`:
  The location to install the specified gems to. This defaults to Rubygems'
  setting. Bundler shares this location with Rubygems, `gem install ...` will
  have gem installed there, too. Therefore, gems installed without a
  `--path ...` setting will show up by calling `gem list`. Accordingly, gems
  installed to other locations will not get listed.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `path` setting.

* `--quiet`:
  Do not print progress information to the standard output. Instead, Bundler
  will exit using a status code (`$?`).

* `--retry=[<number>]`:
  Retry failed network or git requests for <number> times.

* `--shebang=<ruby-executable>`:
  Uses the specified ruby executable (usually `ruby`) to execute the scripts
  created with `--binstubs`. In addition, if you use `--binstubs` together with
  `--shebang jruby` these executables will be changed to execute `jruby`
  instead.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `shebang` setting.

* `--standalone[=<list>]`:
  Makes a bundle that can work without depending on Rubygems or Bundler at
  runtime. A space separated list of groups to install has to be specified.
  Bundler creates a directory named `bundle` and installs the bundle there. It
  also generates a `bundle/bundler/setup.rb` file to replace Bundler's own setup
  in the manner required. Using this option implicitly sets `path`, which is a
  [remembered option][REMEMBERED OPTIONS].

* `--system`:
  Installs the gems specified in the bundle to the system's Rubygems location.
  This overrides any previous configuration of `--path`.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `system` setting.

* `--trust-policy=[<policy>]`:
  Apply the Rubygems security policy <policy>, where policy is one of
  `HighSecurity`, `MediumSecurity`, `LowSecurity`, `AlmostNoSecurity`, or
  `NoSecurity`. For more details, please see the Rubygems signing documentation
  linked below in [SEE ALSO][].

* `--with=<list>`:
  A space-separated list of groups referencing gems to install. If an
  optional group is given it is installed. If a group is given that is
  in the remembered list of groups given to --without, it is removed
  from that list.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `with` setting.

* `--without=<list>`:
  A space-separated list of groups referencing gems to skip during installation.
  If a group is given that is in the remembered list of groups given
  to --with, it is removed from that list.

  This option is deprecated in favor of the `without` setting.

## DEPLOYMENT MODE

Bundler's defaults are optimized for development. To switch to
defaults optimized for deployment and for CI, use the `--deployment`
flag. Do not activate deployment mode on development machines, as it
will cause an error when the Gemfile(5) is modified.

1. A `Gemfile.lock` is required.

   To ensure that the same versions of the gems you developed with
   and tested with are also used in deployments, a `Gemfile.lock`
   is required.

   This is mainly to ensure that you remember to check your
   `Gemfile.lock` into version control.

2. The `Gemfile.lock` must be up to date

   In development, you can modify your Gemfile(5) and re-run
   `bundle install` to [conservatively update][CONSERVATIVE UPDATING]
   your `Gemfile.lock` snapshot.

   In deployment, your `Gemfile.lock` should be up-to-date with
   changes made in your Gemfile(5).

3. Gems are installed to `vendor/bundle` not your default system location

   In development, it's convenient to share the gems used in your
   application with other applications and other scripts that run on
   the system.

   In deployment, isolation is a more important default. In addition,
   the user deploying the application may not have permission to install
   gems to the system, or the web server may not have permission to
   read them.

   As a result, `bundle install --deployment` installs gems to
   the `vendor/bundle` directory in the application. This may be
   overridden using the `--path` option.

## INSTALLING GROUPS

By default, `bundle install` will install all gems in all groups
in your Gemfile(5), except those declared for a different platform.

However, you can explicitly tell Bundler to skip installing
certain groups with the `--without` option. This option takes
a space-separated list of groups.

While the `--without` option will skip _installing_ the gems in the
specified groups, it will still _download_ those gems and use them to
resolve the dependencies of every gem in your Gemfile(5).

This is so that installing a different set of groups on another
 machine (such as a production server) will not change the
gems and versions that you have already developed and tested against.

`Bundler offers a rock-solid guarantee that the third-party
code you are running in development and testing is also the
third-party code you are running in production. You can choose
to exclude some of that code in different environments, but you
will never be caught flat-footed by different versions of
third-party code being used in different environments.`

For a simple illustration, consider the following Gemfile(5):

    source 'https://rubygems.org'

    gem 'sinatra'

    group :production do
      gem 'rack-perftools-profiler'
    end

In this case, `sinatra` depends on any version of Rack (`>= 1.0`), while
`rack-perftools-profiler` depends on 1.x (`~> 1.0`).

When you run `bundle install --without production` in development, we
look at the dependencies of `rack-perftools-profiler` as well. That way,
you do not spend all your time developing against Rack 2.0, using new
APIs unavailable in Rack 1.x, only to have Bundler switch to Rack 1.2
when the `production` group _is_ used.

This should not cause any problems in practice, because we do not
attempt to `install` the gems in the excluded groups, and only evaluate
as part of the dependency resolution process.

This also means that you cannot include different versions of the same
gem in different groups, because doing so would result in different
sets of dependencies used in development and production. Because of
the vagaries of the dependency resolution process, this usually
affects more than the gems you list in your Gemfile(5), and can
(surprisingly) radically change the gems you are using.

## THE GEMFILE.LOCK

When you run `bundle install`, Bundler will persist the full names
and versions of all gems that you used (including dependencies of
the gems specified in the Gemfile(5)) into a file called `Gemfile.lock`.

Bundler uses this file in all subsequent calls to `bundle install`,
which guarantees that you always use the same exact code, even
as your application moves across machines.

Because of the way dependency resolution works, even a
seemingly small change (for instance, an update to a point-release
of a dependency of a gem in your Gemfile(5)) can result in radically
different gems being needed to satisfy all dependencies.

As a result, you `SHOULD` check your `Gemfile.lock` into version
control, in both applications and gems. If you do not, every machine that
checks out your repository (including your production server) will resolve all
dependencies again, which will result in different versions of
third-party code being used if `any` of the gems in the Gemfile(5)
or any of their dependencies have been updated.

When Bundler first shipped, the `Gemfile.lock` was included in the `.gitignore`
file included with generated gems.  Over time, however, it became clear that
this practice forces the pain of broken dependencies onto new contributors,
while leaving existing contributors potentially unaware of the problem. Since
`bundle install` is usually the first step towards a contribution, the pain of
broken dependencies would discourage new contributors from contributing. As a
result, we have revised our guidance for gem authors to now recommend checking
in the lock for gems.

## CONSERVATIVE UPDATING

When you make a change to the Gemfile(5) and then run `bundle install`,
Bundler will update only the gems that you modified.

In other words, if a gem that you `did not modify` worked before
you called `bundle install`, it will continue to use the exact
same versions of all dependencies as it used before the update.

Let's take a look at an example. Here's your original Gemfile(5):

    source 'https://rubygems.org'

    gem 'actionpack', '2.3.8'
    gem 'activemerchant'

In this case, both `actionpack` and `activemerchant` depend on
`activesupport`. The `actionpack` gem depends on `activesupport 2.3.8`
and `rack ~> 1.1.0`, while the `activemerchant` gem depends on
`activesupport >= 2.3.2`, `braintree >= 2.0.0`, and `builder >= 2.0.0`.

When the dependencies are first resolved, Bundler will select
`activesupport 2.3.8`, which satisfies the requirements of both
gems in your Gemfile(5).

Next, you modify your Gemfile(5) to:

    source 'https://rubygems.org'

    gem 'actionpack', '3.0.0.rc'
    gem 'activemerchant'

The `actionpack 3.0.0.rc` gem has a number of new dependencies,
and updates the `activesupport` dependency to `= 3.0.0.rc` and
the `rack` dependency to `~> 1.2.1`.

When you run `bundle install`, Bundler notices that you changed
the `actionpack` gem, but not the `activemerchant` gem. It
evaluates the gems currently being used to satisfy its requirements:

  * `activesupport 2.3.8`:
    also used to satisfy a dependency in `activemerchant`,
    which is not being updated
  * `rack ~> 1.1.0`:
    not currently being used to satisfy another dependency

Because you did not explicitly ask to update `activemerchant`,
you would not expect it to suddenly stop working after updating
`actionpack`. However, satisfying the new `activesupport 3.0.0.rc`
dependency of actionpack requires updating one of its dependencies.

Even though `activemerchant` declares a very loose dependency
that theoretically matches `activesupport 3.0.0.rc`, Bundler treats
gems in your Gemfile(5) that have not changed as an atomic unit
together with their dependencies. In this case, the `activemerchant`
dependency is treated as `activemerchant 1.7.1 + activesupport 2.3.8`,
so `bundle install` will report that it cannot update `actionpack`.

To explicitly update `actionpack`, including its dependencies
which other gems in the Gemfile(5) still depend on, run
`bundle update actionpack` (see `bundle update(1)`).

`Summary`: In general, after making a change to the Gemfile(5) , you
should first try to run `bundle install`, which will guarantee that no
other gem in the Gemfile(5) is impacted by the change. If that
does not work, run [bundle update(1)](bundle-update.1.html).

## SEE ALSO

* [Gem install docs](http://guides.rubygems.org/rubygems-basics/#installing-gems)
* [Rubygems signing docs](http://guides.rubygems.org/security/)