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- Vagrant 1.1+ no longer supports installation via RubyGems; pre-made packages or installers are now required.
- The main reasons for abandoning RubyGems include: non-Rubyists find the dependency on Ruby and RubyGems a high barrier to entry.
- Bugs often arose from users having incompatible or broken dependencies, leading to instability perceptions in Vagrant itself.
- Installers allow Vagrant to bundle all dependencies (including Ruby, OpenSSL, etc.), ensuring a consistent and reliable environment.
- With controlled dependencies, Vagrant can replace core libraries (e.g., libarchive, cURL, SSH) to improve performance and stability without user involvement.