# Error applying template with custom rails3 application generator

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-applying-template-with-custom-rails3-application-generator/182583>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 30, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-applying-template-with-custom-rails3-application-generator/182583 "2010-01-30T12:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kristian)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-applying-template-with-custom-rails3-application-generator/182583/1 "2010-01-30T12:26:10Z")

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kristian-mandrups-macbook-pro:~ kristianconsult$  
nifty\_app\_template\_local tryme blip  
create  
create README  
…  
create app  
create app/controllers/application\_controller.rb  
create app/helpers/application\_helper.rb  
…  
create tmp/pids  
create vendor/plugins  
create vendor/plugins/.gitkeep  
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/very\_nifty\_generators-0.2.0/lib/  
generators/nifty/app/app\_generator.rb:152:in `rescue in apply_rails_template': uninitialized constant Nifty::Generators::AppGenerator::Error (NameError) from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/very_nifty_generators-0.2.0/ lib/generators/nifty/app/app_generator.rb:150:in`apply\_rails\_template’  
from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/  
vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/task.rb:32:in `run' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/ vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:108:in`block in invoke’  
from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/  
vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:117:in `each' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/ vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:117:in`map’  
from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/  
vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:117:in `invoke' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/ vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/group.rb:35:in`block in start’  
from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/  
vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/base.rb:354:in `start' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.pre/lib/rails/ vendor/thor-0.12.3/lib/thor/group.rb:28:in`start’  
from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/very\_nifty\_generators-0.2.0/  
bin/nifty\_app:28:in `<top (required)>' from /opt/local/bin/nifty_app:19:in`load’  
from /opt/local/bin/nifty\_app:19:in `’  
…

## – def apply\_rails\_template 152: apply rails\_template if rails\_template rescue Thor::Error, LoadError, Errno::ENOENT =\> e raise Error, “The template [#{rails\_template}] could not be loaded. Error: #{e}” end