# Help with a common problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-a-common-problem/107470>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 22, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-a-common-problem/107470 "2007-06-22T01:22:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-a-common-problem/107470/1 "2007-06-22T01:22:32Z")

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I’m a very new programmer and was reffered to Ruby from a friend.  
I followed this great tutorial [Getting Started - Learn to Program](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00)  
and got up to chapter 3. Something stoped working when trying to  
“gets” and know i get the following error messege for everything.

ruby is not recgonized as an internal or external command, operable  
program or batch file.

i got the same problem when trying to learn java.

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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-a-common-problem/107470/2 "2007-06-22T02:47:11Z")

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Kevin wrote:

> I’m a very new programmer and was reffered to Ruby from a friend.  
> I followed this great tutorial [Getting Started - Learn to Program](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00)  
> and got up to chapter 3. Something stoped working when trying to  
> “gets” and know i get the following error messege for everything.
> 
> ruby is not recgonized as an internal or external command, operable  
> program or batch file.
> 
> i got the same problem when trying to learn java.

Have you checked your path to be sure that ruby\bin is there?

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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-a-common-problem/107470/3 "2007-06-22T11:06:54Z")

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On 22.06.2007 01:22, Kevin wrote:

> I’m a very new programmer and was reffered to Ruby from a friend.  
> I followed this great tutorial [Getting Started - Learn to Program](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00)  
> and got up to chapter 3. Something stoped working when trying to  
> “gets” and know i get the following error messege for everything.
> 
> ruby is not recgonized as an internal or external command, operable  
> program or batch file.

Did you actually install Ruby on that system…

> i got the same problem when trying to learn java.

… and set PATH properly?

Kind regards

robert