# BlueCloth on Dreamhost

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491 "2007-08-20T05:20:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491/1 "2007-08-20T05:20:33Z")

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Hey all, I’ve got a rails app hosted on dreamhost, but for somereason,  
putting markdown(thing.otherthing) doesn’t seem to work, I get

undefined method `markdown’ for #\<#Class:0x41318d50:0x41318d28\>

Does anyone know how to get bluecloth working?

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**Author:** ![Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491/2 "2007-08-20T20:43:05Z")

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Still can’t figure this out. I’ve tried freezing rails, I’ve tried  
freezing the gems, I’ve tried manually including bluecloth.rb in /lib  
and requiring it… nothing. It still gives me a undefined method  
`markdown’ for #\<#Class:0x41318d50:0x41318d28\> no matter what I seem  
to do. I’m at the end of my rope here, does anyone know what could  
possibly be going on?

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**Author:** ![Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491/3 "2007-08-21T00:03:37Z")

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(Bump)

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**Author:** ![Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491/4 "2007-08-21T02:55:49Z")

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Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491/5 "2007-08-21T03:01:50Z")

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Brien -

On 20-Aug-07, at 8:48 PM, Brien wrote:

> > > and requiring it… nothing. It still gives me a undefined method
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> > > > undefined method `markdown’ for #\<#Class:0x41318d50:0x41318d28\>
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> > > > Does anyone know how to getblueclothworking?

I have no experience with Bluecloth or DH.

But I would definitely recommend scouring their specific forums,  
failing that speak to tech support.

Is this working locally (on your dev box). I’d start there.

cheers,  
Jodi

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**Author:** ![Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491/6 "2007-08-21T05:25:03Z")

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Bluecloth is listed as an installed gem at dreamhost.

[http://rails.dreamhosters.com/](http://rails.dreamhosters.com/)

I have had mysterious problems with DH in the past but things seem to  
be working ok right now.

The two items below were mentioned as possible problems for me… this  
text is copied out of a working app (that is very simple).

in config/environment line 8 is:  
RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘1.2.3’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION

in public/dispatch.fcgi has the first line of:  
#!/usr/bin/ruby1.8

Sunny