# Lost gems - path problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 9, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390 "2008-03-09T06:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/1 "2008-03-09T06:35:53Z")
I’m a little unsure where to ask this question. If I need to go elsewhere, tell me and a I get movin’. I’m over at the #kubuntu irc channel, but it’s not helpful right now, and this IS a rubygems questions, sort of. I’m running Kubuntu Linux 7.10, and I’m trying to get the radiant cms running. It’s installed, but I cannot get a good response to “radiant…” commands. I was told that it appears that somehow my path/ENV is messed up. I’ve install the radiant rubygem, but the OS can’t seem to find it when I issue “$: radiant…” commands. I honestly have NO idea how to fix this. My rubygems look OK - I see them in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/, but… $ gem list --local /usr/bin/gem:23: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner (NameError) shows that the gems are lost to the system. Would appreciate any help. Thanks. Tom ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/2 "2008-03-09T13:05:21Z")
Tom C. wrote: > issue “$: radiant…” commands. I honestly have NO idea how to fix I just tried a sqlite3 demo program I’ve been writing, and got this upon launch - /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sqlite3 (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’ from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80 from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80:in `each’ from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80 Again, everything looks OK in the gems dir, but it can’t be found by ruby. I have NO idea what’s going on. The only clue I can offer is that earlier this evening I installed the radiant gem. I then was unable to set up radiant because “radiant…” commands all errorred off. I hope this all give additional helpful information to someone. Tom ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/3 "2008-03-09T20:32:54Z")
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I just tried a sqlite3 demo program I’ve been writing, and got this upon > launch - > > /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in > `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sqlite3 (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’ > from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80 > from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80:in `each’ > from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80 Are you using require ‘rubygems’ first? Todd ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/4 "2008-03-10T02:54:38Z")
Todd, Fair question, to which the answer is yes, sadly. All indicators are that my rubygems installation has somehow good bad. I’m preparing to remove and reinstall. Tom ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/5 "2008-03-10T04:01:31Z")
Well, reinstalling (after a purge) didn’t do the trick at all. I’m a bit stumped at this point. t. ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/6 "2008-03-10T04:45:30Z")
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Todd B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Well, reinstalling (after a purge) didn’t do the trick at all. I’m a bit > > stumped at this point. > > > > t. > > There is no such thing as the ‘sqlite3’ gem that I’m aware of. The > ‘sqlite’ gem exists, though. There is an sqlite3.rb file, so radiant probably can’t find that. Do you have sqlite3 correctly installed? Are there configuration options for radiant? I personally don’t care for sqlite, but I suppose it works for some purposes. Todd ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lost-gems-path-problem/131390/7 "2008-03-10T04:27:17Z")
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Well, reinstalling (after a purge) didn’t do the trick at all. I’m a bit > stumped at this point. > > t. There is no such thing as the ‘sqlite3’ gem that I’m aware of. The ‘sqlite’ gem exists, though. Todd