# Gem Trouble

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble/167954>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble/167954 "2009-05-14T12:47:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble/167954/1 "2009-05-14T12:47:09Z")

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No idea what I’ve done, I have not upgraded anything or installed new  
gems but if I issue a command such as gem list, rake features, rake  
routes or try and create a new rails project, I get the error  
messages:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- fileutils (LoadError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:175:in `ensure_gem_subdirectories' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:487:in`set\_home’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:213:in `dir' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:494:in`set\_paths’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:239:in `path' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:60:in`installed\_spec\_directories’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/rubygems/source\_index.rb:47:in `from_installed_gems' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:141:in`source\_index’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:310:in `activate' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:65:in`active\_gem\_with\_options’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:50:in `gem’  
from /usr/bin/rake:18

Using OSX.

Any thoughts? Many thanks,

Mike

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**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble/167954/2 "2009-05-14T14:49:07Z")

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I’m fairly sure if I enter which gem, the wrong directory is  
returned. Any idea how to change this?  
Mike

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**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble/167954/3 "2009-05-16T00:17:18Z")

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the problem is in fileutils - a part of osx. so you have to repair it in  
order to get gem work…

tom

mikej wrote:

> from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
> ruby/1.8/rubygems/source\_index.rb:60:in `installed\_spec\_directories’  
> from /usr/bin/rake:18
> 
> Using OSX.
> 
> Any thoughts? Many thanks,
> 
> Mike

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