# First time rails install, help with gems/rake

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-time-rails-install-help-with-gems-rake/183776 "2010-02-19T21:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![danwoods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@danwoods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danwoods)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-time-rails-install-help-with-gems-rake/183776/1 "2010-02-19T21:58:05Z")

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Hello all,  
I just did a first time ruby enterprise edition, installed some  
gems,  
and now I’m trying to do a ’ sudo ./rake gems:install’ and getting a:  
rake aborted!  
No Rakefile found

## error. Firstly, what directory should I be doing this from?

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**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-time-rails-install-help-with-gems-rake/183776/2 "2010-02-20T02:53:40Z")

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On Feb 19, 3:45 pm, danwoods [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello all,  
> I just did a first time ruby enterprise edition, installed some gems,  
> and now I’m trying to do a ’ sudo ./rake gems:install’ and getting a:  
> rake aborted!  
> No Rakefile found
> 
> error. Firstly, what directory should I be doing this from?

You should be doing it from the root directory of a Rails app (in  
other words, the one with app/, config/, db/, log/, lib/, vendor/  
etc).

If you’re someplace where you can do ./rake and have it work, you’re  
_definitely_ in the wrong place.

–Matt J.