The Ruby Gems manager enables you to add and maintain Ruby gems, which are third-party Ruby libraries.
To open the Ruby Gems manager choose Tools > Ruby Gems from the main menu. The manager has the following tabs.
Updated tab. Shows any updates available for gems you have installed.
Installed tab. Click this tab to view a list of the gems that have been installed for the registered Ruby platform. To remove an installed gem, select it and click the Uninstall button.
New Gems tab. Click this tab to see the gems you can add to your Ruby platform. To add a new gem, select it and click the Install button, and then click OK in the Gem Installation Settings dialog box to install it. Typically you leave the settings unchanged in this dialog box.
Settings tab. When you open the dialog box, you might see the message, "Nothing found: Network problem? Check NetBeans proxy settings." To set your proxy, click this tab and then click the Configure Proxies button. You might need to set your proxy server if you are behind a firewall. By default, NetBeans uses your system proxy settings.
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provides information on how to enable the Ruby Gems manager to manage a native Ruby gems repository.