# Can't use gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 20, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652 "2009-06-20T10:42:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roddik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652/1 "2009-06-20T10:42:43Z")
Hello, I have the following ruby config on my winxp sp3 box RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.4 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2009-03-31 patchlevel 368) [i386-mswin32] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: D:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: D:/ruby/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86-mswin32-60 - GEM PATHS: - D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - C:/Documents and Settings/roddik/.gem/ruby/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) and the following gems are installed D:\>gem list \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* mechanize (0.9.3) mysql (2.7.3) nokogiri (1.3.1) However when I try to use them, I get D:\>ruby -d ./test.rb Exception `LoadError’ at D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:1112 - no su ch file to load – rubygems/defaults/operating\_system Exception `LoadError' at D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require. rb:31 - no such file to load -- mysql Exception `LoadError’ at D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require. rb:31 - no such file to load – mechanize ./test.rb:5: [BUG] Segmentation fault How can I fix it? TIA By the way, if anyone who can change the situation here, the latest one-click installer of ruby available so far ships with very old patchlevel, which is sad… ---
**Author:** ![roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roddik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652/2 "2009-06-20T11:03:11Z")
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Rod D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - x86-mswin32-60 > - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) > > D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require. > rb:31 - no such file to load – mechanize > ./test.rb:5: [BUG] Segmentation fault > > How can I fix it? TIA > > By the way, if anyone who can change the situation here, the latest > one-click installer of ruby available so far ships with very old > patchlevel, which is sad… Hi, There is a bug in either mechanize or mysql (I’m not sure which) that when required together, cause a segfault. There was another post on this list regarding the exact same issue a day or so ago. Might be worth looking that up. Rgds, Ben ---
**Author:** ![roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roddik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652/3 "2009-06-20T11:05:35Z")
Ben L. wrote: > Hi, > > There is a bug in either mechanize or mysql (I’m not sure which) that > when required together, cause a segfault. There was another post on > this list regarding the exact same issue a day or so ago. Might be > worth looking that up. > > Rgds, > Ben Yeah, that was my post) Actually somehow that time the problem fixed itself ---
**Author:** ![roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roddik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652/4 "2009-06-20T11:06:07Z")
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Rod D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - x86-mswin32-60 > - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) > > D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require. My apologies, it seems as though you posted that previous thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roddik)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652/5 "2009-06-21T03:05:55Z")
On Jun 20, 2009, at 2:05, Rod D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Ben > > Yeah, that was my post) Actually somehow that time the problem fixed > itself Apparently not, since you’re asking about it again after requiring the same two files. Why don’t you get a debugger and then a backtrace. It’s hard to help you otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@roddik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roddik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-gems/170652/6 "2009-06-20T11:09:30Z")
the whole story is, I’ve started developing some app using mechanize and mysql and over time it started crashing with segfault on some weird occasions, showing completely usual lines like “a = ‘hello’” as the cause, so I decided to update my ruby patchlevel, one-click installer ships with some very old build, so I had to delete ruby and install i from binaries again