Getting 'Permission Denied' when running bundler command

Question

I need to install bundler for an application so here's what I'm doing (instructions from the application documentation directly):

mkdir ~/.gems
export GEM_HOME=~/.gems
gem install bundler -v 1.10.3

After doing these three instructions, I run bundler -v and get the following exception:

-bash: /usr/local/bin/bundle: Permission denied

It works fine if I run it as sudo. I also understand it's a permissions issue because root is the user and group on the folder. I guess the question is how can I install bundler without using the /usr/local folder so that I have access to it without using root?

[EDIT]

When I run ls -l /usr/local/bin/bundle I see the following:

-rwx------ 1 root root 495

When I run ls ld ~/.gems I see the following:

drwx------ 10 gflouis1 domain users 143 /home/gflouis1/.gems

FYI: gflouis1 is my username

Did you run `mkdir ~/.gems` as root also (e.g. using `sudo`)? — steeldriver, Dec 14 '15 at 15:59
I actually don't remember. If not, could that be a reason as to why I'm getting this exception? I'm pretty sure I didn't though since it was in the documentation. — user721015, Dec 14 '15 at 16:03
Please [edit] your question to include the outputs of `ls -l /usr/local/bin/bundle` and `ls -ld ~/.gems` — steeldriver, Dec 14 '15 at 16:05
What if you do `gem install bundler -v 1.10.3 --user-install`? — muru, Dec 15 '15 at 08:45

A.B. · Answer 1 · 2015-12-15T08:42:22.253

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Without sudo you don't have the necessary permissions, so add the executable bit for the group and others:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bundle

edited Dec 15 '15 at 08:42

answered Dec 14 '15 at 16:41

A.B.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 10 '20 at 18:04

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Also you can change root permissions by:

sudo chown root:user(yourusername) filename

edited Jun 10 '20 at 18:04

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answered Jun 10 '20 at 17:39

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Getting 'Permission Denied' when running bundler command

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