# Fail to start a lower Version ( Rails 1.1.6) Rails Project

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-start-a-lower-version-rails-1-1-6-rails-project/170093>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-start-a-lower-version-rails-1-1-6-rails-project/170093 "2009-06-12T09:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![soutom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@soutom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soutom)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-start-a-lower-version-rails-1-1-6-rails-project/170093/1 "2009-06-12T09:04:20Z")

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I have a RoR project in rails version 1.1.6.  
Just to start this project i just install rails of version 1.1.6

but when i am going to start to start the server then i got the  
following error…

D:\simpleticket\>ruby script/server  
./script/…/config/boot.rb:25:Warning: Gem::SourceIndex#search support  
for Strin  
g patterns is deprecated  
./script/…/config/boot.rb:28: undefined method `require_gem' for main:Object (N oMethodError) from D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in`ge  
m\_original\_require’  
from D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
31:in `re  
quire’  
from script/server:2

So, At this Present How can i able to start this lower version  
project,  
Please Help me…

Thanking You

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**Author:** ![soutom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@soutom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soutom)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-start-a-lower-version-rails-1-1-6-rails-project/170093/2 "2009-06-12T09:35:23Z")

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[?][?][?][?][?]On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Soutom

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**Author:** ![soutom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@soutom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soutom)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-start-a-lower-version-rails-1-1-6-rails-project/170093/3 "2009-06-12T10:09:59Z")

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On Jun 12, 8:03 am, Soutom [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ./script/…/config/boot.rb:28: undefined method `require\_gem’ for  
> So, At this Present How can i able to start this lower version  
> project,  
> Please Help me…

You’re rails app doesn’t like the version of rubygems you have  
installed ( require\_gem was deprecated and then replaced with gem). It  
may be enough to replace occurrences of require\_gem with gem

Fred