# Errors when installing Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-when-installing-rails/85193>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 11, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-when-installing-rails/85193 "2007-02-11T04:10:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-when-installing-rails/85193/1 "2007-02-11T04:10:06Z")

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I’m using Fedora Core 3.

Here’s what I get when trying to install Rails…

gem install rails --include-dependencies  
Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
Successfully installed rails-1.2.2  
Successfully installed rake-0.7.1  
Successfully installed activesupport-1.4.1  
Successfully installed activerecord-1.15.2  
Successfully installed actionpack-1.13.2  
Successfully installed actionmailer-1.3.2  
Successfully installed actionwebservice-1.2.2  
/usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- rdoc/rdoc (LoadError) from /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’  
from /usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/doc\_manager.rb:71:in  
`load_rdoc' from /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/doc_manager.rb:41:in `generate\_ri’  
from /usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:302:in  
`execute' from /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:301:in `execute’  
from /usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:239:in  
`execute' from /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:70:in `invoke’  
from /usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd\_manager.rb:120:in  
`process_args' from /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:91:in `run’  
from /usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_runner.rb:30:in `run’  
from /usr/bin/gem:23

Since I’m brand new at this, I’ve no idea if everything is working  
right. Anybody else get this error?

Thanks,

Azkul

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**Author:** ![brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-when-installing-rails/85193/2 "2007-02-11T05:05:25Z")

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On 2/11/07, Brian B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Successfully installed activerecord-1.15.2  
> `generate_ri' from /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:30:in `run’  
> from /usr/bin/gem:23
> 
> Since I’m brand new at this, I’ve no idea if everything is working  
> right. Anybody else get this error?

I don’t know how, but rdoc doesn’t seem to be installed with your ruby  
installation.  
You can choose to bypass rdoc installation with:

gem install rails -y --no-rdoc

Give it a spin and see what happens.

## – gnufied

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**Author:** ![brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-when-installing-rails/85193/3 "2007-02-11T05:46:46Z")

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What does Rdoc do and do I need it?

-Brian

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**Author:** ![brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-when-installing-rails/85193/4 "2007-02-11T06:07:31Z")

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Brian B. wrote:

> What does Rdoc do and do I need it?

Ruby Documentation:

[http://rdoc.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html](http://rdoc.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html)

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