# Missing base64 library in Ruby1.9, cannot run cloudkit **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 27, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-base64-library-in-ruby1-9-cannot-run-cloudkit/187655 "2010-04-27T13:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jod)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-base64-library-in-ruby1-9-cannot-run-cloudkit/187655/1 "2010-04-27T13:40:17Z")
Hi, I install cloudkit. I have followed the steps in the manual ([CloudKit via cURL](http://getcloudkit.com/curl.html)), but when I execute “rackup [config.ru](http://config.ru)”, I get this error message: /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/helper.rb:2:in `require': no such file to load -- base64 (LoadError) from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/helper.rb:2:in `\’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/client/net\_http.rb:1:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/client/net_http.rb:1:in `\’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/consumer.rb:4:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/consumer.rb:4:in `\’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/client/helper.rb:2:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/client/helper.rb:2:in `\’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth.rb:10:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth.rb:10:in `\’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/cloudkit-0.11.2/lib/cloudkit.rb:9:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/cloudkit-0.11.2/lib/cloudkit.rb:9:in `\’ from [config.ru:1](http://config.ru:1):in `require' from config.ru:1:in `block (2 levels) in ’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/builder.rb:46:in `instance_eval' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/builder.rb:46:in `initialize’ from [config.ru:1](http://config.ru:1):in `new' from config.ru:1:in `’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/builder.rb:35:in `eval' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/builder.rb:35:in `parse\_file’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/server.rb:113:in `app' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/server.rb:189:in `wrapped\_app’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/server.rb:155:in `start' from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/lib/rack/server.rb:83:in `start’ from /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/rack-1.1.0/bin/rackup:4:in `' from /usr/bin/rackup:19:in `load’ from /usr/bin/rackup:19:in `’ I cannot find somewhere how to fix this error in ruby 1.9, please help me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jod)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-base64-library-in-ruby1-9-cannot-run-cloudkit/187655/2 "2010-04-27T13:48:58Z")
Bejvas Jod wrote: > Hi, > I install cloudkit. I have followed the steps in the manual > ([CloudKit via cURL](http://getcloudkit.com/curl.html)), but when I execute “rackup > [config.ru](http://config.ru)”, I get this error message: > > /usr/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.0/gems/oauth-0.4.0/lib/oauth/helper.rb:2:in > `require’: no such file to load – base64 (LoadError) Try this at the command line: $ irb19 --simple-prompt > > require ‘base64’ > > =\> true > > RUBY\_DESCRIPTION > > =\> “ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-07-18 trunk 24186) [i686-linux]” If it fails, it’s probably because you have an old, development version of 1.9. Switch forward to 1.9.1 or later, or back to 1.8.7. ---
**Author:** ![jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jod)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-base64-library-in-ruby1-9-cannot-run-cloudkit/187655/3 "2010-04-27T14:00:11Z")
Output: > > require ‘base64’ > > LoadError: no such file to load – base64 > > from (irb):1:in `require' from (irb):1 from /usr/bin/irb1.9:12:in`’ > > > RUBY\_DESCRIPTION > > =\> “ruby 1.9.0 (2008-06-20 revision 17482) [i486-linux]” I have installed ruby1.9 from debian lenny repositories, it’s bad? Argh ☹ Ok, i try downgrade to 1.8, but I thought that the new version will be stable ☹ Is any other solution other than compile new ruby? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jod)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-base64-library-in-ruby1-9-cannot-run-cloudkit/187655/4 "2010-04-27T14:14:01Z")
Brian C. wrote: > Bejvas Jod wrote: > > > Is any other solution other than compile new ruby? > > Install base64.rb yourself? (Into either your ruby lib dir or your app’s > lib dir) > > [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/lib/base64.rb](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/lib/base64.rb) Nice, it works, many thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jod)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-base64-library-in-ruby1-9-cannot-run-cloudkit/187655/5 "2010-04-27T14:04:17Z")
Bejvas Jod wrote: > Is any other solution other than compile new ruby? Install base64.rb yourself? (Into either your ruby lib dir or your app’s lib dir) [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/lib/base64.rb](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/lib/base64.rb)