# "Getting Started" needs Rails 3.0, but "gem install rails" installs Rails 2.3.8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 1, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699 "2010-02-01T17:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/1 "2010-02-01T17:53:21Z")
As of this writing: The Getting Started guide ([http://guides.rails.info/](http://guides.rails.info/) getting\_started.html) was recently re-written to reflect recent features in Rails 3.0. But the instructions it gives for downloading rails in section 3.1 (“gem install rails”) fetches rails 2.3.8, which won’t work for the given code. Not helpful to a newcomer. So (is Mikel L. listening?) any one of these would be useful: - The Guide should explain how to download Rails 3.0 (iff it is stable) - The Guide should offer a pointer to Rails 2.3.8 compatible examples - The Guide should be rolled back to Rails 2.3.8 until Rails 3.0 is the main version (As a newcomer myself, let me know if there’s a more constructive place to direct this note. Thanks!) - ff ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/2 "2010-02-01T17:55:06Z")
On Feb 1, 4:34 pm, fearless\_fool [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - The Guide should explain how to download Rails 3.0 (iff it is > stable) > - The Guide should offer a pointer to Rails 2.3.8 compatible examples > - The Guide should be rolled back to Rails 2.3.8 until Rails 3.0 is > the main version On the front page of guides.rails.info it says ’ " There are two different versions of the Guides site, and you should be sure to use the one that applies to your situation: Current Release version – based on Rails 2.3 Edge version – based on the current Rails master branch" with links to both. Fred ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/3 "2010-02-01T19:12:54Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > > - The Guide should explain how to download Rails 3.0 (iff it is > > stable) I used this link [http://oscardelben.com/articles/2009/12/06/how-to-test-rails-3.html](http://oscardelben.com/articles/2009/12/06/how-to-test-rails-3.html) for getting a Rails3 running enviroment. Simone ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/4 "2010-02-01T20:06:52Z")
Anyone else getting an error when running the rake install task? jr@jr-desktop:~/dev/rails$ sudo rake --trace install (in /home/jr/dev/rails) \*\* Invoke install (first\_time) \*\* Invoke gem (first\_time) \*\* Invoke pkg/rails-3.0.pre.gem (first\_time, not\_needed) \*\* Invoke pkg (first\_time, not\_needed) \*\* Execute gem (in /home/jr/dev/rails/activesupport) (in /home/jr/dev/rails/activemodel) (in /home/jr/dev/rails/actionpack) (in /home/jr/dev/rails/actionmailer) (in /home/jr/dev/rails/activeresource) (in /home/jr/dev/rails/activerecord) (in /home/jr/dev/rails/railties) rake aborted! undefined method `setup' for Bundler:Module /home/jr/dev/rails/railties/Rakefile:1 (See full trace by running task with --trace) rake aborted! Errors in railties /home/jr/dev/rails/Rakefile:23 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in`call’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in `execute' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in`each’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `execute' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:597:in`invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in`invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:607:in `invoke_prerequisites' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:604:in`each’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:604:in `invoke_prerequisites' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:596:in`invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in`invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:583:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:in`invoke\_task’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in`each’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in`standard\_exception\_handling’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2023:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2001:in`run’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in `standard_exception_handling' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in`run’ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31 /usr/bin/rake:19:in `load’ /usr/bin/rake:19 ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/5 "2010-02-02T06:08:39Z")
Can anybody tell me the new features in Rails 3.0 Thanks & Regards Ankit Varshney +91-9899314144 ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/6 "2010-02-02T03:30:37Z")
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On the front page of guides.rails.info it says ’ > > " There are two different versions of the Guides site, and you should > be sure to use the one that applies to your situation: > > Current Release version – based on Rails 2.3 > Edge version – based on the current Rails master branch" > > with links to both. This is true, but the UI design leaves a bit to be desired. When you click on either link the page doesn’t change to show you which version you’ve selected. Actually I lied a little bit. The only difference is that if you click the Current Release Version link the title just above says Ruby on Rails guides and when you click on Edge Version it changes to: Ruby on Rails Guides Which I guess makes it perfectly clear – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale](http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale) WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [Rick DeNatale - Developer - IBM | LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale) ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/7 "2010-02-07T11:51:02Z")
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Simone R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Simone I would recommend the following link instead: > **[rails.info](http://guides.rails.info/3_0_release_notes.html)** > > Ruby on Rails,Rails Tutorial,Ruby Basics,Rails 4,Bar Rails,Rail Good luck, -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fearless\_fool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fearless_fool)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-needs-rails-3-0-but-gem-install-rails-installs-rails-2-3-8/182699/8 "2010-02-07T11:45:10Z")
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Ankit Varshney [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > Can anybody tell me the new features in Rails 3.0 > > Thanks & Regards > Ankit Varshney > +91-9899314144 Hi, please start by reading the Rails 3 beta release notes: > **[rails.info](http://guides.rails.info/3_0_release_notes.html)** > > Ruby on Rails,Rails Tutorial,Ruby Basics,Rails 4,Bar Rails,Rail Good luck, -Conrad