# Hoe dependencies **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930 "2008-07-13T17:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930/1 "2008-07-13T17:56:22Z")
Hello list, Is it possible to remove the dependency on Hoe from a gem that I’ve used Hoe to create? Far as I can tell, I only need Hoe to build the gem – the gem itself does not need Hoe to run so it shouldn’t include it as a dependency to install on other boxes. Could someone let me know whether I’ve got this all wrong or whether in fact I _can_ remove the hoe dependency when building my gem? ---
**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930/2 "2008-07-13T21:09:53Z")
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:47 AM, James C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is it possible to remove the dependency on Hoe from a gem that I’ve used Hoe > to create? Far as I can tell, I only need Hoe to build the gem – the gem > itself does not need Hoe to run so it shouldn’t include it as a dependency > to install on other boxes. Could someone let me know whether I’ve got this > all wrong or whether in fact I _can_ remove the hoe dependency when building > my gem? As of the most recent release of Hoe, it’s no longer a runtime dependency. This behavior requires RubyGems 1.2. ~ j. ---
**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930/3 "2008-07-14T12:55:36Z")
2008/7/13 John B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > building > > > my gem? > > As of the most recent release of Hoe, it’s no longer a runtime > dependency. This behavior requires RubyGems 1.2. I’m still getting errors trying to run my gem’s command line executable without hoe installed. I have rubgems 1.2.0 and hoe 1.7.0. If you check out this project: > **[GitHub - jcoglan/jake: Builds JavaScript projects using PackR and ERB](https://github.com/jcoglan/jake)** > > Builds JavaScript projects using PackR and ERB. Contribute to jcoglan/jake development by creating an account on GitHub. Run: rake gem sudo gem uninstall hoe sudo gem install pkg/jake-0.9.0.gem It does not attempt to install hoe. However the executable won’t run: $ jake -h /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578:in `report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem hoe (>= 1.7.0) (Gem::LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:134:in `activate’ from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:158:in `activate' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `each’ from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `activate' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:158:in `activate’ from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `activate’ from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:49:in `gem’ from /usr/bin/jake:18 (If you want run this prog, you’ll need oyster. It’s not released yet, but you can get it as follows:) git clone [GitHub - jcoglan/oyster: Command-line input parser that doesn't hate you](http://github.com/jcoglan/oyster) oyster cd oyster rake install\_gem Best, James ---
**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930/4 "2008-07-14T20:41:30Z")
On Jul 13, 2008, at 08:47 , James C. wrote: > my gem? > Update your gems. As John said, the latest version uses rubygems’ new > developer dependencies. Also, don’t use this mailing list to get support for my (or other for that matter) ruby-related-but-not-ruby projects. Write me directly or file a support request. ---
**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930/5 "2008-07-14T12:58:31Z")
> ``` > from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `each' > from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `activate' > from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:49:in `gem' > from /usr/bin/jake:18 > > ``` By the way, here’s /usr/bin/jake : #!/usr/bin/ruby1.8 # # This file was generated by RubyGems. # # The application ‘jake’ is installed as part of a gem, and # this file is here to facilitate running it. # require ‘rubygems’ version = “\>= 0” if ARGV.first =~ /^_(.\*)_$/ and Gem::Version.correct? $1 then version = $1 ARGV.shift end gem ‘jake’, version load ‘jake’ ---
**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-dependencies/142930/6 "2008-07-15T19:58:48Z")
On Jul 14, 2008, at 03:50 AM, James C. wrote: > > > to install on other boxes. Could someone let me know whether I’ve > > > without hoe installed. I have rubgems 1.2.0 and hoe 1.7.0. > > > It is RubyGems’ bug.