# Issues running ruby script/server **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469 "2010-05-12T14:48:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/1 "2010-05-12T14:48:25Z")
I had fixed the below error long time back…and now it’s back again… I have no clue how it happened…help would be appreciated thanks… unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby script/server Rails requires RubyGems \>= 1.3.2. Please install RubyGems and try again: [http://rubygems.rubyforge.org](http://rubygems.rubyforge.org) ---
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/2 "2010-05-12T14:53:53Z")
On 12 May 2010 13:48, Faisal B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I had fixed the below error long time back…and now it’s back > again… > I have no clue how it happened…help would be appreciated thanks… > > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby script/server > Rails requires RubyGems \>= 1.3.2. Please install RubyGems and try again: > [http://rubygems.rubyforge.org](http://rubygems.rubyforge.org) Did you check which version you have and attempt update if appropriate? Colin ---
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/3 "2010-05-12T15:31:21Z")
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Faisal B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby script/server > > > Rails requires RubyGems \>= 1.3.2. Please install RubyGems and try again: > k this is wat i did But the command that’s “failing” isn’t gem or rails, it’s `ruby` 🙂 so that implies you have a different one than you think first in your path. What does `which ruby` return? Also, try `ruby -S gem -v` – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/4 "2010-05-12T15:12:35Z")
Colin L. wrote: > On 12 May 2010 13:48, Faisal B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I had fixed the below error long time back…and now it’s back > > again… > > I have no clue how it happened…help �would be appreciated thanks… > > > > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby script/server > > Rails requires RubyGems \>= 1.3.2. Please install RubyGems and try again: > > [http://rubygems.rubyforge.org](http://rubygems.rubyforge.org) > > Did you check which version you have and attempt update if appropriate? > > Colin k this is wat i did unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ gem -v 1.3.6 unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ which gem /usr/local/bin/gem unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ whereis gem unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ which rails /usr/local/bin/rails unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ whereis rails unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ /usr/local/bin/gem -v 1.3.6 unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ /usr/local/bin/rails -v Rails 2.3.5 so I tried updating this is what I got unknown0011248da679:~ faisal$ sudo gem update --system Password: Updating RubyGems Nothing to update unknown0011248da679:~ faisal$ ---
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/5 "2010-05-12T15:36:06Z")
Hassan S. wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Faisal B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > > > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby script/server > > > > Rails requires RubyGems \>= 1.3.2. Please install RubyGems and try again: > > > k this is wat i did > > But the command that’s “failing” isn’t gem or rails, it’s `ruby` 🙂 so > that implies you have a different one than you think first in your path. > > What does `which ruby` return? > > Also, try `ruby -S gem -v` > > – > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > twitter: @hassan Hey Hassan, I remember you had helped me fix the bug last time…k here it is unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ which ruby /usr/bin/ruby unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby -S gem -v /usr/local/bin/gem:8:in `require’: No such file to load – rubygems (LoadError) from /usr/local/bin/gem:8 unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ thanks ---
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/6 "2010-05-12T15:44:14Z")
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Faisal B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ which ruby > /usr/bin/ruby > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby -S gem -v > /usr/local/bin/gem:8:in `require’: No such file to load – rubygems Bingo – try `/usr/local/bin/ruby script/server` If that works, just make sure your .bashrc or whatever explicitly puts /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your PATH. – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@binbash-x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/binbash-x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-running-ruby-script-server/188469/7 "2010-05-12T15:50:12Z")
Hassan S. wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Faisal B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ which ruby > > /usr/bin/ruby > > unknown0011248da679:~/hello faisal$ ruby -S gem -v > > /usr/local/bin/gem:8:in `require’: No such file to load – rubygems > > Bingo – try `/usr/local/bin/ruby script/server` > > If that works, just make sure your .bashrc or whatever explicitly puts > /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your PATH. > > – > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > twitter: @hassan awesome dude…that worked!..finally the server started…thanks a lot Hassan, much appreciated.