Installing Rails

Rails
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Having a god-awful time installing Rails. I started with the
instructions found on this page:
http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/11/23/ubuntu-gutsy-mysql-and-ror

I get the following error:

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem install rails
[sudo] password for vbfischer:
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/
Updating metadata for 13 gems from http://gems.rubyonrails.org/
…
complete
ERROR: could not find rails locally or in a repository

I’m running with Ubuntu Gutsy 8.04 LTS

I have followed the instructions in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/301950cb55487cb5/dd141cfb9563ee42

but none of the suggestions there helped.

This is the output from several commands suggested in other threads:
vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux]

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ gem -v
1.1.0

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ gem environment
RubyGems Environment:

  • RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.1.0 (1.1.0)
  • RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux]
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby1.8
  • RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    • ruby
    • x86-linux
  • GEM PATHS:
    • /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • GEM CONFIGURATION:
  • REMOTE SOURCES:

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem sources
*** CURRENT SOURCES ***

http://gems.rubyforge.org
http://gems.rubyonrails.org

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem search rails

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ rails -v
-bash: rails: command not found

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

2

Did you install gems via apt-get or aptitude? Or did you download from
source?

I also have an ubuntu distro and have a heck of a time getting gems
and ubuntu to play nice.

I blogged about it here: http://www.rubyhomies.com/tips

HTH,
Anita.

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Thanks for the reply Anita.

I installed from source. Could it be the version I installed? I used
1.1.0, but in your article, you were installing 1.1.1 (I noticed
there’s a 1.2.0 up there now)?

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I don’t know if it is the version or not.

When did you install rubygems? I do think 1.1.1 has been available
for a while. But I don’t know when exactly.

And 1.2 just was released last night. I have no info on it and want
to hear a review before I update my rubygems since when they break I
have to do a lot of reloading of stuff.

It is possible your problems have nothing to do with your gems
install. It is just one of the few problems that I know something
about and ubuntu is vulerable to that particular issue.

Hopefully someone else on the list more knowledgeable than myself can
help you from here.

Cheers,
Anita.

5

Congratulations Bryce.

Glad you found a solution.

:slight_smile:
Anita.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Bryce Fischer

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Well, someone in another group suggested downloading and installing
1.2 of Rubygems. That seemed to have worked!

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Thanks. And thanks for your suggestions above. Now on to writing my
first RoR’s app