# Cant seem to run rails console

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-seem-to-run-rails-console/161024>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 22, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-seem-to-run-rails-console/161024 "2009-02-22T13:14:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Stewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Stewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stewart)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-seem-to-run-rails-console/161024/1 "2009-02-22T13:14:18Z")

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Hello,

I cant seem to run my console. I get the following error

~/workspace/testtube $ ./script/console  
Loading development environment (Rails 2.2.2)  
/usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i686-darwin9.6.0/  
readline.bundle: dlopen(/usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/  
i686-darwin9.6.0/readline.bundle, 9): Symbol not found:  
\_rl\_filename\_completion\_function (LoadError)  
Referenced from: /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i686-  
darwin9.6.0/readline.bundle  
Expected in: flat namespace

- /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i686-darwin9.6.0/  
readline.bundle  
from /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/completion.rb:10  
from /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:252:in `require' from /usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:252:in`load\_modules’  
from /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in `each' from /usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in`load\_modules’  
from /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup' from /usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in`start’  
from /usr/local/ruby\_test/bin/irb:13  
~/workspace/testtube $

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Stewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Stewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stewart)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-seem-to-run-rails-console/161024/2 "2009-02-22T13:26:05Z")

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On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Stewart  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:

> \_rl\_filename\_completion\_function (LoadError)  
> from /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in  
> `load_modules' from /usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup’  
> from /usr/local/ruby\_test/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in `start’  
> from /usr/local/ruby\_test/bin/irb:13  
> ~/workspace/testtube $
> 
> Any ideas?

Hi, it appears that you’re missing the installation of readline. Thus,  
you’ll need to install it before you can continue.

Good luck,

-Conrad