# Active\_adaptor (MissingSourceFile)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/active-adaptor-missingsourcefile/151489>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 22, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/active-adaptor-missingsourcefile/151489 "2008-10-22T06:46:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![miglania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@miglania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miglania)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/active-adaptor-missingsourcefile/151489/1 "2008-10-22T06:46:30Z")

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Hi,

Need a small help. Which package has “active\_adaptor”? Below is detailed  
error message. The line “require ‘active\_adaptor’” is failing in  
compiler.rb.

/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- active_adaptor (MissingSourceFile) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:509:in  
`require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:354:in`new\_constants\_in’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:509:in  
`require’  
from compiler.rb:11