# Could not find RubyGem - because it's not a gem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-rubygem-because-its-not-a-gem/151005>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 15, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-rubygem-because-its-not-a-gem/151005 "2008-10-15T19:43:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-rubygem-because-its-not-a-gem/151005/1 "2008-10-15T19:43:49Z")

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Hi all,

Why doesn’t a require in my environment.rb file search the standard  
site\_lib path?

# works

irb(main):001:0\> require ‘strongtyping’  
=\> true

# doesn’t work

C:\>ruby script\server  
=\> Booting WEBrick…  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:628:in  
`report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem strongtyping (\>= 0)  
(Gem::LoadError)

Regards,

Dan

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-rubygem-because-its-not-a-gem/151005/2 "2008-10-15T19:53:16Z")

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On 15 Oct 2008, at 18:43, Daniel B. wrote:

> # doesn’t work
> 
> C:\>ruby script\server  
> =\> Booting WEBrick…  
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:628:in  
> `report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem strongtyping (\>= 0)  
> (Gem::LoadError)

That sort of thing works fine for me. The ruby-talk list may be able  
to offer more help with this.

Fred

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-rubygem-because-its-not-a-gem/151005/3 "2008-10-15T20:38:34Z")

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On Oct 15, 11:43 am, Daniel B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> C:\>ruby script\server  
> =\> Booting WEBrick…  
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:628:in  
> `report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem strongtyping (\>= 0)  
> (Gem::LoadError)

BTW, this is Ruby 1.8.6-p114, Windows XP, Rails 2.1.1

Regards,

Dan