# LoadError : Setup error? Trying to use Ruby/cucumber

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-setup-error-trying-to-use-ruby-cucumber/182202>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 25, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-setup-error-trying-to-use-ruby-cucumber/182202 "2010-01-25T04:19:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-setup-error-trying-to-use-ruby-cucumber/182202/1 "2010-01-25T04:19:18Z")

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Any idea what might be causing this LoadError ? I just installed the  
cucumber gem and am trying to run it, on OSX 10.5.6

Thanks!

> cucumber examples/i18n/it/features/somma.feature  
> Using the default profile…  
> no such file to load – spec/expectations (LoadError)  
> /Users/s/.rvm/ruby-1.8.7-p174/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
> `gem\_original\_require’

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-setup-error-trying-to-use-ruby-cucumber/182202/2 "2010-01-25T14:42:47Z")

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Sophi Italy wrote:

> Any idea what might be causing this LoadError ? I just installed the  
> cucumber gem and am trying to run it, on OSX 10.5.6
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > cucumber examples/i18n/it/features/somma.feature  
> > Using the default profile…  
> > no such file to load – spec/expectations (LoadError)  
> > /Users/s/.rvm/ruby-1.8.7-p174/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
> > `gem\_original\_require’

Apparently, it wants a file called ‘expectations’ in a subfolder called  
‘spec’.  
It might be ‘expectations.rb’ … Give it a shot.

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**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loaderror-setup-error-trying-to-use-ruby-cucumber/182202/3 "2010-01-26T15:44:16Z")

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Aldric G. wrote:

> Apparently, it wants a file called ‘expectations’ in a subfolder called  
> ‘spec’.  
> It might be ‘expectations.rb’ … Give it a shot.

…which you will get if you install the rspec gem.

$ ls -l /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/expectations.rb  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1277 2010-01-15 15:25  
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/expectations.rb

Cucumber doesn’t install rspec as a dependency because it doesn’t force  
you to use rspec in your tests (fortunately).