# Load issue with roo **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-issue-with-roo/182796 "2010-02-02T22:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-issue-with-roo/182796/1 "2010-02-02T22:31:23Z")
could someone point me in the direction of a solution to this error? $ irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘rubygems’ =\> true irb(main):002:0\> require ‘roo’ LoadError: no such file to load – builder from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/roo-1.9.2/lib/roo/generic\_spreadsheet.rb:4 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/roo-1.9.2/lib/roo.rb:67 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in`require’ from (irb):2 irb(main):003:0\> thanks, reid ---
**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-issue-with-roo/182796/2 "2010-02-02T22:54:13Z")
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > could someone point me in the direction of a solution to this error? sudo gem install builder ---
**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-issue-with-roo/182796/3 "2010-02-02T23:08:17Z")
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:48:43PM -0500, Gregory B. wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > could someone point me in the direction of a solution to this error? > > sudo gem install builder thanks – ultimately there were several missing gems. For some reason I thought the installtion would pull in the required dependencies. reid ---
**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-issue-with-roo/182796/4 "2010-02-02T23:41:04Z")
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:48:43PM -0500, Gregory B. wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > could someone point me in the direction of a solution to this error? > > > > sudo gem install builder > > thanks – ultimately there were several missing gems. For some reason I > thought the installtion would pull in the required dependencies. Roo has some issues with it’s packaging and overall project organization that are less than desirable. I’ve been meaning to fork and submit some patches, but I haven’t yet found the time to do so. -greg ---
**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-issue-with-roo/182796/5 "2010-02-03T02:42:32Z")
On Feb 2, 2010, at 14:05 , Reid T. wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:48:43PM -0500, Gregory B. wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > could someone point me in the direction of a solution to this error? > > > > sudo gem install builder > > thanks – ultimately there were several missing gems. For some reason I > thought the installtion would pull in the required dependencies. It would if they were declared: 501 % gem dep -r roo Gem roo-1.9.2 bones (\>= 3.2.0, development) This is why Hoe exists. Predefined structure. Easy to tweak. Last time I looked at bones I was scared.