# How to generate docs with rake docs?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-generate-docs-with-rake-docs/92452>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 19, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-generate-docs-with-rake-docs/92452 "2007-04-19T16:52:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![StSSSSphane\_Wirtel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@StSSSSphane\_Wirtel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StSSSSphane_Wirtel)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-generate-docs-with-rake-docs/92452/1 "2007-04-19T16:52:09Z")

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Hi all,

I would like to generate the documentation of my gem, the script to  
generate the skeleton is ‘newgem’ from Dr Nic ( thanks to him ). But I  
don’t understand why I can’t generate it because rake does not find  
‘dot’. But ‘dot’ is in my PATH on Linux.

Has anyone an idea ?

Thanks