possibly off-topic as it likely applies to other linux distros, but i'm diving into ruby and i'm well aware that if i install, say, vagrant, it comes with a pile of rubygem dependencies:
Installing: vagrant noarch 2.2.9-3.fc33 fedora 572 k Installing dependencies: bsdtar x86_64 3.5.1-1.fc33 updates 65 k rubygem-childprocess noarch 1.0.1-6.fc33 fedora 60 k rubygem-domain_name noarch 0.5.20190701-3.fc33 fedora 53 k rubygem-erubis noarch 2.7.0-23.fc33 fedora 39 k rubygem-ffi x86_64 1.12.1-3.fc33 fedora 106 k rubygem-fog-libvirt noarch 0.7.0-3.fc33 fedora 33 k ... etc etc ...
fair enough, but is there any effect from personally installing any of those ruby gems using "gem install"? if i install ruby gems as a regular user, they get planted under ~/.gem/..., but i assume those are not taken into account when i'm installing vagrant.
on the other hand, if i install (as root) a gem using "gem install" under /usr/share/gems, will the install process take that into account?
rday