# Ferret error in rake:db migrate

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-error-in-rake-db-migrate/86100>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 19, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-error-in-rake-db-migrate/86100 "2007-02-19T22:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prestonparris)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-error-in-rake-db-migrate/86100/1 "2007-02-19T22:13:33Z")

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I’m using this book Beginning ruby on rails e-commerce from apress. I’m  
trying to just load a lesson that I downloaded the source from, I  
installed ferret properly, Yet when I try to rake:db migrate I get  
this… rake aborted, no such file to load  
–ferret.

I realize this is probably a simple error on my part, but if someone  
could tell me what im doing wrong I would greatly appreciate it. Thank  
you.

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**Author:** ![prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prestonparris)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-error-in-rake-db-migrate/86100/2 "2007-02-20T04:42:02Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> On Feb 19, 1:13 pm, Preston P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> wrote:
> 
> > I’m using this book Beginning ruby on rails e-commerce from apress. I’m  
> > trying to just load a lesson that I downloaded the source from, I  
> > installed ferret properly, Yet when I try to rake:db migrate I get  
> > this… rake aborted, no such file to load  
> > –ferret.
> 
> i vaguely remember getting messages like this if the ferret and  
> a\_a\_ferret gems didn’t install properly (ferret needs ruby-devel, or  
> other C library headers on differetn unix platforms). When you  
> install the gem, does it install cleanly?

yeah when i install everything is fine

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**Author:** ![prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prestonparris)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-error-in-rake-db-migrate/86100/3 "2007-02-20T00:15:13Z")

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On Feb 19, 1:13 pm, Preston P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I’m using this book Beginning ruby on rails e-commerce from apress. I’m  
> trying to just load a lesson that I downloaded the source from, I  
> installed ferret properly, Yet when I try to rake:db migrate I get  
> this… rake aborted, no such file to load  
> –ferret.

i vaguely remember getting messages like this if the ferret and  
a\_a\_ferret gems didn’t install properly (ferret needs ruby-devel, or  
other C library headers on differetn unix platforms). When you  
install the gem, does it install cleanly?

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**Author:** ![prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@prestonparris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prestonparris)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-error-in-rake-db-migrate/86100/4 "2007-02-20T05:50:31Z")

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isn’t it “rake db:migrate” ?

On 2/20/07, Preston P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> >

–  
Ramon Miguel M. Tayag