# Miniunit **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 5, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/miniunit/125120 "2008-01-05T21:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/miniunit/125120/1 "2008-01-05T21:00:21Z")
How does one actually use miniunit, if the normal test/unit is present? For example, when I try to run miniunit’s own tests: $ ruby test\_test\_case.rb test\_test\_case.rb:8: uninitialized constant MiniTest (NameError) Or is miniunit only intended for use in a minimal environment where test/unit is not present? This is mostly idle curiosity. I’m playing with some extensions to the test/unit framework, and will probably start with miniunit instead. For this purpose, I can just copy and rename, so that miniunit isn’t shadowed by test/unit. ---
**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/miniunit/125120/2 "2008-01-07T22:54:05Z")
On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Joel VanderWerf wrote: > How does one actually use miniunit, if the normal test/unit is > present? > > For example, when I try to run miniunit’s own tests: > > $ ruby test\_test\_case.rb > test\_test\_case.rb:8: uninitialized constant MiniTest (NameError) Use the handy rake task: $ gem fetch miniunit Downloaded miniunit-1.1.0.gem $ gem unpack miniunit-1.1.0.gem Unpacked gem: ‘/Users/drbrain/tmp/miniunit-1.1.0’ $ cd miniunit-1.1.0/ ./miniunit-1.1.0/ $ rake (in /Users/drbrain/tmp/miniunit-1.1.0) /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -w -Ilib:ext:bin:test -e ‘require “test/test\_test\_case.rb”; require “test/ test\_test\_unit.rb”; require “test/unit”’ Loaded suite -e Started … Finished in 0.004319 seconds. 51 tests, 114 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors > Or is miniunit only intended for use in a minimal environment where > test/unit is not present? require ‘rubygems’ require ‘test/unit’ Test = MiniTest Should do the trick.