# Errors while starting console

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-while-starting-console/50262>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-while-starting-console/50262 "2005-12-14T17:33:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![janke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@janke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janke)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-while-starting-console/50262/1 "2005-12-14T17:33:41Z")

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Hello,

when i try to start the console (./scripts/console) i get the following  
error

./script/console  
Loading development environment.  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/console.rb:23:in  
`exec': No such file or directory - irb -r irb/completion -r script/../config/../config/environment --prompt-mode simple (Errno::ENOENT) from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/console.rb:23 from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in`require\_\_’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in`require’  
from ./script/console:3

Does anybody know whats wrong with my configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Thomas

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**Author:** ![janke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@janke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janke)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-while-starting-console/50262/2 "2005-12-14T17:48:44Z")

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Make sure that you have irb package installed.

Kent.

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**Author:** ![janke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@janke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janke)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/errors-while-starting-console/50262/3 "2005-12-14T17:54:45Z")

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:46:04AM -0500, Kent S. wrote:

> Make sure that you have irb package installed.

Thanks, Kent.  
It works now for me.

Greetings Thomas