# Fresh MSI installation prlblems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-msi-installation-prlblems/171962>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 12, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-msi-installation-prlblems/171962 "2009-07-12T12:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![wtjb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@wtjb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wtjb)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-msi-installation-prlblems/171962/1 "2009-07-12T12:10:24Z")

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I have recently tried to download and use the Windows installer to get  
started with Ruby. Everything seems to install ok. I have it located  
in c:\Ruby and I have followed this exactly:

[http://rubyonrails.org/download](http://rubyonrails.org/download)

I am able to startup Ruby and visit [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) and see my  
start page.

This is where I am hitting two stumbling blocks.

I see the Rails welcome aboard page, and I click the link “About your  
application’s environment”, but when I do this a pink box slides down  
and says:

"We’re sorry, but something went wrong.

We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it  
shortly."

This is a fresh install, I have never used it before at all, so I’m  
not sure what is causing this message. The site seems to have loaded  
ok, except for this.

So, I ignore this and I follow the instructions on the page.

1.) Use script/generate to create your models and controllers To see  
all available options, run it without parameters.  
This seems to works fine.

2.) Set up a default route and remove or rename this file Routes are  
set up in config/routes.rb.  
I checked, there is already a default route.

3.) Create your database Run rake db:migrate to create your database.  
If you’re not using SQLite (the default), edit config/database.yml  
with your username and password.

This is where I get an error…

The command prompt says:

"rake aborted!  
no such file to load – sqlite3

(see full stack by running task with --trace)"

Any ideas what is going on here? I’d really like to get started with  
Ruby on Rails!

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**Author:** ![wtjb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@wtjb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wtjb)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-msi-installation-prlblems/171962/2 "2009-07-14T13:48:35Z")

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I think the root cause of both issues is the same–the ruby & rails  
installs for windows don’t include sqlite binaries and/or the associated  
ruby bindings.

There are excellent instructions for making a functional ruby and rails  
install on windows here:

[http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3](http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3)

You’ve already got ruby & rails installs, but you should follow the  
instructions on that page re: downloading the sqlite dll & doing the gem  
install sqlite3-ruby step.

HTH,

-Roy