# Cannot find gem for Rails =1.1.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 5, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-find-gem-for-rails-1-1-2/59735 "2006-05-05T21:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Crowley)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-find-gem-for-rails-1-1-2/59735/1 "2006-05-05T21:58:54Z")
First post here: The error is below and i’m sure folks have posted it before, but perhaps i’ve missed the solution: I’m using apache because i first need to see if rails can work with apache. Some particulars: gem -v 0.8.11 ruby -v ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux] rails -v Rails 1.1.2 rails-1.1.2 is installed (via gem) and environment.rb’s RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION=‘1.1.2’ In the browser: Rails application failed to start properly. The apache error log: [Fri May 05 11:15:53 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Cannot find gem for Rails =1.1.2: [Fri May 05 11:15:53 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Install the missing gem with ‘gem install -v=1.1.2 rails’, or [Fri May 05 11:15:53 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] change environment.rb to define RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION with your desired version. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Crowley)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-find-gem-for-rails-1-1-2/59735/2 "2006-05-07T17:32:55Z")
Chris Crowley wrote: > First post here: > > The error is below and i’m sure folks have posted it before, but perhaps > i’ve missed the solution: > > I’m using apache because i first need to see if rails can work with > apache. Some particulars: > gem -v > 0.8.11 > > ruby -v > ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux] > > rails -v > Rails 1.1.2 > > rails-1.1.2 is installed (via gem) and environment.rb’s > RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION=‘1.1.2’ > > In the browser: > Rails application failed to start properly. > > The apache error log: > [Fri May 05 11:15:53 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Cannot find gem > for Rails =1.1.2: > [Fri May 05 11:15:53 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Install the > missing gem with ‘gem install -v=1.1.2 rails’, or > [Fri May 05 11:15:53 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] change > environment.rb to define RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION with your desired version. If you are under shared hosting this will help check de boot.rb hack [http://wiki.onrails.com.ar/onrailscomarwiki/show/Instalacion+de+Rails+y+Gems+en+un+hosting+compartido](http://wiki.onrails.com.ar/onrailscomarwiki/show/Instalacion+de+Rails+y+Gems+en+un+hosting+compartido) Pedro V. [http://blogs.onrails.com.ar](http://blogs.onrails.com.ar) ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Crowley)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-find-gem-for-rails-1-1-2/59735/3 "2006-05-07T20:31:52Z")
if you’re trying to setup your app on a host i assume that they don’t got rails 1.1.2 yet? in that case the best thing to do is probaly freeze rails. just type rake rails:freeze:gems and you’re all set to go. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@Chris\_Crowley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Crowley)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-find-gem-for-rails-1-1-2/59735/4 "2006-05-08T22:47:14Z")
thanks for the responses (which i don’t have.) When i moved my gems, into a gem directory within my ruby lib directory, things worked better. I had installed rubygems in a separate branch of my home-dir, from the ruby branch, also in my home dir. Unfortunately, I have deleted your response re. the cache which seemed relevant. When i debugged this via boot.rb, i recall it did lead to the return of an empty cache. When i made the same call from within my own straight-ruby (ie. w/o the whole apache mess) test program, i did get something back interestingly enough. Sorry if this isn’t clear. Anyhow, i’m off to the next step, which is FastCGI, then mysql, then postgresql. This is what i had done, that didn’t work: installed ruby: |./configure --prefix=/home/chris etc. | installed rubygems: |export GEM\_HOME=/home/chris/gems ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/home/chris etc. | and then of course i installed rails via rubygems. The gems ended up in /home/chris/gems/gems/ ! Moving them to: /home/chris/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ helped. I’ll play with my rubygems install next time (on the actual production machine.) chris.