# LoadError - Mechanize, Hpricot (gems) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 15, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085 "2007-08-15T04:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/1 "2007-08-15T04:26:30Z")
Hello, I’ve been trying to install and use Mechanize ( [http://rubyforge.org/projects/mechanize/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/mechanize/) ), and cannot solve the errors that occur. Actually, I’m not sure the error is really linked to this gem, because I remember having had the same kind of problems while trying to install other gems. So, I’m working on windows, with cygwin. I installed Mechanize with the following command line : > gem install mechanize and it seems to have installed successfully : Successfully installed mechanize-0.6.10 Installing ri documentation for mechanize-0.6.10… Installing RDoc documentation for mechanize-0.6.10… So, after this, I try to use it, as written on this page : [http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/files/EXAMPLES\_txt.html](http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/files/EXAMPLES_txt.html) And here’s what happens : irb(main):001:0\> require “rubygems” =\> true irb(main):002:0\> require “mechanize” LoadError: Permission denied - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6- mswin32/lib/i686-linux/hpricot\_scan.so from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/i686- linux/hpricot\_scan.so from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/ hpricot.rb:20 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.10/lib/ mechanize/page.rb:2 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.10/lib/ mechanize.rb:40 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require’ from (irb):2 from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source\_index.rb:279 Then, I just go where the hpricot\_scan.so file is, “chmod +x” it, and retry. Then : irb(main):003:0\> require “mechanize” LoadError: No such file or directory - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/i686-linux/hpricot\_scan.so from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/i686- linux/hpricot\_scan.so from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/ hpricot.rb:20 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.10/lib/ mechanize/page.rb:2 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.10/lib/ mechanize.rb:40 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 32:in `require’ from (irb):3 from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source\_index.rb:279 Anyway, the file really does exists. Is there anyone who know how to solve this problem please ? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/2 "2007-08-15T11:37:05Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > irb(main):001:0\> require “rubygems” > =\> true > irb(main):002:0\> require “mechanize” > LoadError: Permission denied - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6- > mswin32/lib/i686-linux/hpricot\_scan.so > > Is Hpricot installed? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/3 "2007-08-15T12:27:11Z")
> Is Hpricot installed? Yes it is. Another attempt, on another machine : [Guillaume@KILLY971 ~]$ gem install mechanize Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) Install required dependency hpricot? [Yn] Y Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-cygwin) 1. hpricot 0.6 (mswin32) 2. hpricot 0.6 (jruby) 3. hpricot 0.6 (ruby) 4. hpricot 0.5 (ruby) 5. hpricot 0.5 (mswin32) 6. Skip this gem 7. Cancel installation > 1 > Install required dependency hoe? [Yn] Y > Install required dependency rubyforge? [Yn] Y > Successfully installed mechanize-0.6.10 > Successfully installed hpricot-0.6-mswin32 > Successfully installed hoe-1.3.0 > Successfully installed rubyforge-0.4.4 > Installing ri documentation for mechanize-0.6.10… > Installing ri documentation for hpricot-0.6-mswin32… > Installing ri documentation for hoe-1.3.0… > Installing ri documentation for rubyforge-0.4.4… > Installing RDoc documentation for mechanize-0.6.10… > Installing RDoc documentation for hpricot-0.6-mswin32… > Installing RDoc documentation for hoe-1.3.0… > Installing RDoc documentation for rubyforge-0.4.4… > [Guillaume@KILLY971 ~]$ irb > irb(main):001:0\> require “rubygems” > =\> true > irb(main):002:0\> require “mechanize” > LoadError: Permission denied - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6- > mswin32/lib/i686-linux/hpricot\_scan.so > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/i686- > linux/hpricot\_scan.so > from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: > 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6-mswin32/lib/ hpricot.rb:20 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ > from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: > 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.10/lib/ mechanize/page.rb:2 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ > from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: > 32:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.10/lib/ mechanize.rb:40 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 32:in `gem\_original\_require’ > from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: > 32:in `require’ > from (irb):2 > irb(main):003:0\> ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/4 "2007-08-16T01:41:08Z")
On 8 16 , 7:28, Stefan M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-cygwin) > > Stefan I didn’t know, until know it seemed to work when I was using mswin32 to install other gems… I am going to try. By the way, what is the difference between these 2 installs ? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/5 "2007-08-16T01:46:08Z")
On 8 16 , 7:28, Stefan M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-cygwin) > > Stefan Thank you very much ! I tryed to install like you said, with the 3 option, and now it works perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/6 "2007-08-16T00:30:00Z")
killy971 wrote: > 1. hpricot 0.6 (mswin32) > 2. hpricot 0.6 (jruby) > 3. hpricot 0.6 (ruby) > 4. hpricot 0.5 (ruby) > 5. hpricot 0.5 (mswin32) > 6. Skip this gem > 7. Cancel installation > > > 1 Shouldn’t you use ruby (3) for a cygwin install? Stefan ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-mechanize-hpricot-gems/112085/7 "2007-08-16T22:50:16Z")
killy971 wrote: > > > 1. Cancel installation > > > > > > > 1 > > > > Shouldn’t you use ruby (3) for a cygwin install? > > I didn’t know, until know it seemed to work when I was using mswin32 > to install other gems… > I am going to try. By the way, what is the difference between these 2 > installs ? I’m not 100% sure about the facts or the wording, so take this with a grain of salt: Cygwin provides an environment where posix-compliant programs can compile and run. This means that any library used by this program must be compiled for cygwin as well. Windows users (at least those I know) do not have a compiler installed so most gem-authors provide a gem with compiled libraries that fit to a windows-ruby. If you select the mswin32-gem the precompiled libraries get installed, which are not compatible to cygwin. So, if on cygwin - always select ruby-versions of gem. Some time ago I had problems with a parallel install of a windows-ruby (via one-click-installer) and the cygwin one - something to do with environment variables. So be careful when mixing. Stefan P.S.: There was a poll (via gem) some time ago about which platforms ruby is used on - [http://tattle.rubygarden.org/](http://tattle.rubygarden.org/)