# Can't start script/console, but can start webrick

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-script-console-but-can-start-webrick/135825>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 25, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-script-console-but-can-start-webrick/135825 "2008-04-25T11:17:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbobker)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-script-console-but-can-start-webrick/135825/1 "2008-04-25T11:17:38Z")

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I have this app on other computers and it works fine. On my laptop I was  
running instant rails, but have scrapped it.

My error is:

C:\data\0315\_FitWitWeb\>ruby script/console  
Loading development environment (Rails 2.0.2)  
C:/data/0315\_FitWitWeb/config/environment.rb:11:in `require': no such file to lo ad -- active_merchant (LoadError) from C:/data/0315_FitWitWeb/config/environment.rb:11 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:252:in`require’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:252:in `load_modules' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in`each’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in `load_modules' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in`setup’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in `start’  
from c:/ruby/bin/irb:13

my environment file is very simple:  
…

# Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present

RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.0.2’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION

# get activemerchant going

require ‘active\_merchant’

…

I can start webrick fine and my application runs perfectly. Yes,  
activemerchant is installed:

C:\data\0315\_FitWitWeb\>gem list --local

\*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\*

actionmailer (2.0.2)  
actionpack (2.0.2)  
activemerchant (1.3.2)  
activerecord (2.0.2)  
activeresource (2.0.2)  
activesupport (2.0.2)  
builder (2.1.2)  
fxri (0.3.6)  
fxruby (1.6.12)  
hpricot (0.6)  
log4r (1.0.5)  
rails (2.0.2)  
rake (0.7.3)  
RedCloth (3.0.4)  
rubigen (1.2.4)  
ruby-debug-base (0.10.0)  
ruby-debug-ide (0.1.10)  
rubygems-update (1.1.1)  
sources (0.0.1)  
win32-api (1.0.4)  
win32-clipboard (0.4.3)  
win32-dir (0.3.2)  
win32-eventlog (0.4.6)  
win32-file (0.5.4)  
win32-file-stat (1.2.7)  
win32-process (0.5.3)  
win32-sapi (0.1.4)  
win32-sound (0.4.1)  
windows-api (0.2.0)  
windows-pr (0.7.2)

I am on windows, have stopped/started the computer several times. Any  
help is greatly appreciated.

best,

tim

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**Author:** ![tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbobker)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-script-console-but-can-start-webrick/135825/2 "2008-04-25T11:25:29Z")

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On 25 Apr 2008, at 10:17, Tim B. wrote:

> I have this app on other computers and it works fine. On my laptop I  
> was  
> running instant rails, but have scrapped it.
> 
> # get activemerchant going
> 
> require ‘active\_merchant’

Put that line further down (ie after the initializer block or in a  
file in config/initializers\_: you can’t be sure rubygems has been  
loaded at that point. I’m guessing webrick requires ruby gems early on  
its startup process (mongrel certainly doesn, then again it is a gem)  
which saves your bacon when running script/server

Fred

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**Author:** ![tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbobker)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-script-console-but-can-start-webrick/135825/3 "2008-04-25T16:38:20Z")

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Wow, that was a fast reply. Thanks. The perfect solution.