# Debugging rspec in Netbeans

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-rspec-in-netbeans/116830>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 10, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-rspec-in-netbeans/116830 "2007-10-10T03:43:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![rich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rich)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-rspec-in-netbeans/116830/1 "2007-10-10T03:43:29Z")

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Hi. I can’t seem to get debugging of rspec specs working in Netbeans.  
AFAIK, I’m supposed to be able to just do Command+Shift+F5 with the  
spec open in the editor but i get this error:

/Users/admin/src/expresso/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/test/unit/  
autorunner.rb:2:in `remove_method': method`process\_args’ not defined  
in Test::Unit::AutoRunner (NameError)  
from /Users/admin/src/expresso/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/  
test/unit/autorunner.rb:2  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/  
custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
activesupport-1.4.2.7707/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:496:in  
`require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2.7707/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in`new\_constants\_in’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
activesupport-1.4.2.7707/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:496:in  
`require' from /Users/admin/src/expresso/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/ test.rb:1 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27:in`gem\_original\_require’  
… 56 levels…  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.1.8/  
lib/ruby-debug.rb:79:in `main' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.1.8/ bin/rdebug-ide:74 from /usr/local/bin/rdebug-ide:16:in`load’  
from /usr/local/bin/rdebug-ide:16

Any ideas?