# Getting warning messages about gem obsolete

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-warning-messages-about-gem-obsolete/85170>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 10, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-warning-messages-about-gem-obsolete/85170 "2007-02-10T22:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rae)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-warning-messages-about-gem-obsolete/85170/1 "2007-02-10T22:45:59Z")

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I uninstalled my old ruby (v 1.8521 I think it was), and installed  
1.8522 (windows installer).  
When the interactive Ruby console comes up it states:

C:0:Warning: require\_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead.  
C:0:Warning: require\_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead.  
C:0:Warning: require\_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead.

It states this three times like above. Is there something I need to  
do ?

Rae

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**Author:** ![Rae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rae)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-warning-messages-about-gem-obsolete/85170/2 "2007-02-10T23:15:05Z")

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Rae wrote:

> Rae

Do you have an .irbrc file? Does it use “require\_gem”? If so, edit the  
file and change all the “require\_gem” method calls to plain old  
“require”. (Unless you were using “require\_gem” for it’s actual purpose  
of requiring a specific version of a gem, instead of using it as a  
synonym for “require”, which is what it was used for most of the time.)

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**Author:** ![Rae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rae)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-warning-messages-about-gem-obsolete/85170/3 "2007-02-11T04:20:23Z")

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On Feb 10, 5:14 pm, Timothy H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > do ?
> 
> > Rae
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> Do you have an .irbrc file? Does it use “require\_gem”? If so, edit the  
> file and change all the “require\_gem” method calls to plain old  
> “require”. (Unless you were using “require\_gem” for it’s actual purpose  
> of requiring a specific version of a gem, instead of using it as a  
> synonym for “require”, which is what it was used for most of the time.)- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

I just did a search on my computer and I didn’t find any .irbrc files.