# Globalize problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-problem/131109>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 6, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-problem/131109 "2008-03-06T04:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![negus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@negus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/negus)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-problem/131109/1 "2008-03-06T04:17:47Z")

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Hello all.  
I’m Ruby and Rails newbie.  
I have the following error after installing the Globalize gem trying  
to run script/server:

$ ./server  
=\> Booting WEBrick…  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active\_support/  
dependencies.rb:376:in `new_constants_in': You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! (NoMethodError) You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occurred while evaluating nil.empty? from /usr/lib/ruby/ gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb: 202:in`load\_file’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:94:in `require_or_load' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:60:in`depend\_on’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:442:in `require_dependency' from /var/www/exploder/vendor/plugins/globalize/branches/with- mlr/lib/multilingual/base.rb:19 from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 27:in`gem\_original\_require’  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
27:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in`require’  
… 26 levels…  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/  
server.rb:39  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
27:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 27:in`require’  
from ./server:3

Please help!