# Exec format error installing Globalize on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 8, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exec-format-error-installing-globalize-on-windows/116617 "2007-10-08T00:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ohaleck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@ohaleck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ohaleck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exec-format-error-installing-globalize-on-windows/116617/1 "2007-10-08T00:58:08Z")
Hello, Whan I am trying to do is I18N-related, but the problem seems to rather be Rails and Windows, so I am posting it to this forum. I must admit I am a complete noob in Rails. I need to develop an application with support for several languages so I decided to install Globalize for Rails 1.2 on a clean installation of Rails. I created a project named “first” and typed the following: D:\railsspace\first\>ruby script/plugin install [http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/branches/for-1.2](http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/branches/for-1.2) After some operation the script complained about some “Exec format error” (Rakefile?). Whole output follows: D:\railsspace\first\>ruby script/plugin install [http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/branches/for-1.2](http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/branches/for-1.2) - ./for-1.2/LICENSE - ./for-1.2/README - ./for-1.2/data/country\_data.csv - ./for-1.2/data/language\_data.csv - ./for-1.2/data/translation\_data.csv - ./for-1.2/generators/globalize/USAGE - ./for-1.2/generators/globalize/globalize\_generator.rb - ./for-1.2/generators/globalize/templates/migration.rb.gz - ./for-1.2/generators/globalize/templates/model\_migration.rb - ./for-1.2/generators/globalize/templates/tiny\_migration.rb.gz - ./for-1.2/init.rb - ./for-1.2/install.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/localization/core\_ext.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/localization/core\_ext\_hooks.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/localization/db\_translate.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/localization/db\_view\_translator.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/localization/locale.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/localization/rfc\_3066.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/models/country.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/models/currency.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/models/language.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/models/model\_translation.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/models/translation.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/models/view\_translation.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/rails/action\_mailer.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/rails/action\_view.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/rails/active\_record.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/rails/active\_record\_helper.rb - ./for-1.2/lib/globalize/rails/date\_helper.rb - ./for-1.2/populators/pop\_dates.rb - ./for-1.2/populators/pop\_migration.rb - ./for-1.2/populators/pop\_pluralization.rb - ./for-1.2/populators/pop\_seps.rb - ./for-1.2/tasks/data.rake - ./for-1.2/test/action\_mailer\_test/globalize\_mailer/test.en-US.plain.text.rhtml + ./for-1.2/test/action\_mailer\_test/globalize\_mailer/test.en.plain.text.rhtml + ./for-1.2/test/action\_mailer\_test/globalize\_mailer/test.he.plain.text.rhtml + ./for-1.2/test/action\_mailer\_test/globalize\_mailer/test.plain.text.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/action\_mailer\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/config/database.yml.default - ./for-1.2/test/config/database.yml.example - ./for-1.2/test/core\_ext\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/currency\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/date\_helper\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/db/schema.rb - ./for-1.2/test/db\_localizes\_translates\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/db\_translation\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_categories.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_categories\_products.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_countries.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_languages.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_manufacturers.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_products.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_simples.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_translations.yml - ./for-1.2/test/fixtures/globalize\_unlocalized\_classes.yml - ./for-1.2/test/locale\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/mime\_responds\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/model\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/render\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/standard\_data\_test\_helper.rb - ./for-1.2/test/test\_helper.rb - ./for-1.2/test/test\_standard\_data.rb - ./for-1.2/test/validation\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/view\_picking\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/view\_translation\_namespace\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/view\_translation\_test.rb - ./for-1.2/test/views/layouts/standard.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/render/test.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/all\_types\_with\_layout.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/all\_types\_with\_layout.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.en.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.en.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.en.rxml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.fr.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.fr.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.fr.rxml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults.rxml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.en.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.en.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.en.rxml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.fr.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.fr.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.fr.rxml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.rjs - ./for-1.2/test/views/respond\_to/using\_defaults\_with\_type\_list.rxml - ./for-1.2/test/views/test.he-IL.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/test.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/test2.he.rhtml - ./for-1.2/test/views/test2.rhtml Exec format error - rake -f D:/railsspace/first/vendor/plugins/for-1.2/…/…/…/Rakefile globalize:upgrade\_schema\_to\_1\_d ot\_2 && exit 1 I checked the Rakefile and here is its contents (I did not edit it): # Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake, # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake. require(File.join(File.dirname( **FILE** ), ‘config’, ‘boot’)) require ‘rake’ require ‘rake/testtask’ require ‘rake/rdoctask’ require ‘tasks/rails’ I am running on Win XP SP2. Here are the versions: D:\railsspace\first\>ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32] D:\railsspace\first\>rails --version Rails 1.2.3 Can anyone help? I have no idea how to bite this problem… All the best, Maciek