# Mechanize - could not loading RubyGem hoe

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-could-not-loading-rubygem-hoe/150980>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 15, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-could-not-loading-rubygem-hoe/150980 "2008-10-15T14:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynut)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-could-not-loading-rubygem-hoe/150980/1 "2008-10-15T14:53:03Z")

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I installed mechanize as follows : ‘gem install mechanize’

I tried using it with radrails and netbeans but both are giving the  
error that the gem cannot be found.

Mechanize is listed as being installed.

I used require ‘rubygems’  
require ‘mechanize’

Platform is : Windows Vista with Ruby 1.8.6.

Error log =

:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578:in  
`report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem hoe (>= 1.7.0) (Gem::LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:134:in`activate’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:158:in `activate' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in`each’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `activate' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
from main.rb:2

Is there a solution for this problem ?

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**Author:** ![rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynut)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-could-not-loading-rubygem-hoe/150980/2 "2008-10-15T15:15:48Z")

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> `report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem hoe (\>= 1.7.0)  
> …  
> Is there a solution for this problem ?

Just a wild guess…  
gem install hoe

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**Author:** ![rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynut)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-could-not-loading-rubygem-hoe/150980/3 "2008-10-15T15:28:11Z")

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Mark T. wrote:

> > `report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem hoe (\>= 1.7.0)  
> > …  
> > Is there a solution for this problem ?
> 
> Just a wild guess…  
> gem install hoe

Maybe a wild guess…but certainly a good guess…It works !

Thanks