# Exec format error while installing Globalize **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 7, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exec-format-error-while-installing-globalize/116592 "2007-10-07T19:30:04Z")\ **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 7, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exec-format-error-while-installing-globalize/116592/1 "2007-10-07T19:30:04Z")
Hello, I have a problem installing Globalize plugin on my Windows machine. I first posted this msg to comp.lang.ruby but got no answer, so I hope to get help here 🙂 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 just after installing 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”. 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\_dot\_2 && exit 1 Looks like there is an error in my vendor/plugins/for-1.2/tasks/ data.rake file but I have little idea how to read it. The file can be found here: [http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/branches/for-1.2/tasks/d](http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/branches/for-1.2/tasks/d)… I am running Win XP SP2 with Ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32] and Rails 1.2.3 I read the replies to similar problems, and the solution was to use rake.cmd or rake.bat instead of plain rake command, but in the upgrate\_schema\_to\_1\_dot\_2 task I can’t even see when the rake is invoked… Can anyone help? I have no idea how to bite this problem… All the best, Maciek