# Gem + passenger throw error **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 23, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960 "2010-02-23T04:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/1 "2010-02-23T04:07:29Z")
Hi Bonjour, I’ve followed different tutos : [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails) [http://blog.lelevier.fr/redmine-sous-apache-avec-passenger/](http://blog.lelevier.fr/redmine-sous-apache-avec-passenger/) [http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/redmine#servir\_redmine\_via\_apache](http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/redmine#servir_redmine_via_apache) trying to install ruby on rails and Redmine. Everything looks fine till I try to access to : [http://192.168.60.10/redmine/](http://192.168.60.10/redmine/) J’obtiens le message d’erreur suivant : `Error message: Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.2 (you have 0.9.4). Please `gem update --system` and try again.` `# File Line Location 0 /opt/redmine/config/boot.rb 89 in `exit' 1 /opt/redmine/config/boot.rb 89 in `load_rubygems' 2 /opt/redmine/config/boot.rb 53 in `load_initializer' 3 /opt/redmine/config/boot.rb 38 in `run' 4 /opt/redmine/config/boot.rb 11 in `boot!' 5 /opt/redmine/config/boot.rb 110 6 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb 27 in `gem_original_require' 7 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb 27 in `require' 8 /opt/redmine/config/environment.rb 11 9 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb 27 in `gem_original_require' 10 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb 27 in `require' 11 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb 303 in `preload_application' 12 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb 252 in `initialize_server' 13 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb 255 in `report_app_init_status' 14 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb 237 in `initialize_server' 15 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb 194 in `start_synchronously' 16 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb 163 in `start' 17 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb 213 in `start' 18 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb 262 in `spawn_rails_application' 19 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb 126 in `lookup_or_add' 20 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb 256 in `spawn_rails_application' 21 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb 80 in `synchronize' 22 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb 79 in `synchronize' 23 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb 255 in `spawn_rails_application' 24 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb 154 in `spawn_application' 25 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb 287 in `handle_spawn_application' 26 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb 352 in ` __send__' 27 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb 352 in `main_loop' 28 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb 196 in `start_synchronously' 29 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.10/bin/passenger-spawn-server 61` Alors que si je fais : ```auto gem list ``` j’ai bien la bonne version… [code]\*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* actionmailer (2.3.5) actionpack (2.3.5) activerecord (2.3.5) activeresource (2.3.5) activesupport (2.3.5) fastthread (1.0.7) mysql (2.8.1) passenger (2.2.10) rack (1.0.1) rails (2.3.5) rake (0.8.7) rmagick (2.12.2) rubygems-update (1.3.6)[/code] idem pour ```auto gem environment ``` [code]RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.6 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i686-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/bin/ruby - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86-linux - GEM PATHS: - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - /home/gabriel/.gem/ruby/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update\_sources =\> true - :verbose =\> true - :benchmark =\> false - :backtrace =\> false - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000 - REMOTE SOURCES: - [http://rubygems.org/[/code]](http://rubygems.org/%5B/code%5D) Where does he get “you have 0.9.4 ???” Thank you by advance ! P.S : I’ve also tried : @SAVANE:/usr/bin$ /usr/local/bin/gem --version 1.3.6 @SAVANE:/usr/bin$ gem -v 1.3.6 @SAVANE:/usr/bin$ /usr/bin/gem --version 1.3.6 sudo update\_rubygems ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/2 "2010-02-23T09:15:24Z")
You gotta set system enviroment var GEM\_HOME pointing to Your gems directory. I have accomplished it by adding Set Env in VirtualHost configuration. It needs to have enabled mod\_env in apache, by $~/ sudo a2enmod env \ DocumentRoot /home/user/repos/rails\_project/public ServerName rails.local ServerAlias \*.rails.local ``` RailsEnv development RailsAllowModRewrite off SetEnv GEM_HOME /home/user/rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249%rails2 ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined AllowOverride all Options -MultiViews Order allow,deny Allow from all ``` Another good point is to start using RVM (Ruby Version Manager), [http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/](http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/) For You it would be: SetEnv GEM\_HOME /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 Best, Martin ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/3 "2010-02-23T10:16:46Z")
Marcin Seroczynski wrote: > You gotta set system enviroment var GEM\_HOME pointing to Your gems > directory. > > I have accomplished it by adding Set Env in VirtualHost configuration. > It needs to have enabled mod\_env in apache, by > $~/ sudo a2enmod env > > \ > DocumentRoot /home/user/repos/rails\_project/public > ServerName rails.local > ServerAlias \*.rails.local > > ``` > RailsEnv development > RailsAllowModRewrite off > SetEnv GEM_HOME /home/user/rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249%rails2 > > ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log > CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined > > AllowOverride all > Options -MultiViews > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > > > ``` > > Another good point is to start using RVM (Ruby Version Manager), > [http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/](http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/) > > For You it would be: > SetEnv GEM\_HOME /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 > > Best, > Martin Thank you very much ! I make a small foot forward. Now I have an html page displaying : Application error Rails application failed to start properly If I take a look in the error.log from apache, I’ve got : [Tue Feb 23 10:10:50 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) Phusion\_Passenger/2.2.10 PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7 with Suhosin-Patch configured – resuming normal operations \*\*\* Passenger ERROR (ext/common/SpawnManager.h:232): Could not start the spawn server: /usr/bin/ruby1.8: No such file or directory (2) [ pid=28449 file=ext/apache2/Hooks.cpp:727 time=2010-02-23 10:10:55.952 ]: Unexpected error in mod\_passenger: Cannot spawn application ‘/opt/redmine’: Could not write ‘spawn\_application’ command to the spawn server: Broken pipe (32) Backtrace: in ‘virtual boost::shared\_ptrPassenger::Application::Session Passenger::ApplicationPoolServer::Client::get(const Passenger::PoolOptions&)’ (ApplicationPoolServer.h:471) in ‘int Hooks::handleRequest(request\_rec\*)’ (Hooks.cpp:523) [Tue Feb 23 10:10:58 2010] [error] [client 192.168.60.11] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico Looks, we had a write permission issue ? and why the hell, he’s trying to load /var/www/favicon.ico, he should look into opt/redmine instead… Thanks a lot again ! ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/4 "2010-02-23T10:18:03Z")
Gabriel Gabriel wrote: > Marcin Seroczynski wrote: > > > You gotta set system enviroment var GEM\_HOME pointing to Your gems > > directory. > > > > I have accomplished it by adding Set Env in VirtualHost configuration. > > It needs to have enabled mod\_env in apache, by > > $~/ sudo a2enmod env > > > > \ > > DocumentRoot /home/user/repos/rails\_project/public > > ServerName rails.local > > ServerAlias \*.rails.local > > > > ``` > > RailsEnv development > > RailsAllowModRewrite off > > SetEnv GEM_HOME /home/user/rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249%rails2 > > > > ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log > > CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined > > > > AllowOverride all > > Options -MultiViews > > Order allow,deny > > Allow from all > > > > > > ``` > > > > Another good point is to start using RVM (Ruby Version Manager), > > [http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/](http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/) > > > > For You it would be: > > SetEnv GEM\_HOME /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 > > > > Best, > > Martin > > Thank you very much ! I make a small foot forward. Now I have an html > page displaying : > > Application error > Rails application failed to start properly > > If I take a look in the error.log from apache, I’ve got : > > [Tue Feb 23 10:10:50 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) > Phusion\_Passenger/2.2.10 PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7 with Suhosin-Patch > configured – resuming normal operations > \*\*\* Passenger ERROR (ext/common/SpawnManager.h:232): > Could not start the spawn server: /usr/bin/ruby1.8: No such file or > directory (2) > [ pid=28449 file=ext/apache2/Hooks.cpp:727 time=2010-02-23 10:10:55.952 > ]: > Unexpected error in mod\_passenger: Cannot spawn application > ‘/opt/redmine’: Could not write ‘spawn\_application’ command to the spawn > server: Broken pipe (32) > Backtrace: > in ‘virtual boost::shared\_ptrPassenger::Application::Session > Passenger::ApplicationPoolServer::Client::get(const > Passenger::PoolOptions&)’ (ApplicationPoolServer.h:471) > in ‘int Hooks::handleRequest(request\_rec\*)’ (Hooks.cpp:523) > > [Tue Feb 23 10:10:58 2010] [error] [client 192.168.60.11] File does not > exist: /var/www/favicon.ico > > Looks, we had a write permission issue ? and why the hell, he’s trying > to load /var/www/favicon.ico, he should look into opt/redmine instead… > > Thanks a lot again ! Here is my /etc/apache2/sites-available/default : \ ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName localhost ``` DocumentRoot /var/www RailsEnv production RailsBaseURI /redmine SetEnv GEM_HOME /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Allow from all ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined ``` Thanks again ! ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/5 "2010-02-23T12:27:59Z")
Does /usr/bin/ruby1.8 exist and is it executable? – Andy J. [http://andyjeffries.co.uk/](http://andyjeffries.co.uk/)#rubyonrails #mysql #jquery Registered address: 64 Sish Lane, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 3LS Company number: 5452840 ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/6 "2010-02-23T12:31:22Z")
Andy J. wrote: > Does /usr/bin/ruby1.8 exist and is it executable? > > – > Andy J. > [http://andyjeffries.co.uk/](http://andyjeffries.co.uk/)#rubyonrails #mysql #jquery > Registered address: 64 Sish Lane, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 3LS > Company number: 5452840 Hum… no ! Should I try to make a simbolyc link ? like ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby1.8 ? Thanks a lot ! ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/7 "2010-02-23T18:25:22Z")
Gabriel Gabriel wrote: > Andy J. wrote: > > > Does /usr/bin/ruby1.8 exist and is it executable? > > > > – > > Andy J. > > [http://andyjeffries.co.uk/](http://andyjeffries.co.uk/)#rubyonrails #mysql #jquery > > Registered address: 64 Sish Lane, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 3LS > > Company number: 5452840 > > Hum… no ! > Should I try to make a simbolyc link ? like > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby1.8 > > ? > > Thanks a lot ! And It is done ! Thanks everybody ! sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby1.8 ---
**Author:** ![ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ggironda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ggironda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-passenger-throw-error/183960/8 "2010-02-23T20:26:12Z")
> Thanks a lot ! > Give it a go - that’s what the error message was though. Cheers, Andy