# Newbie, looking for a library

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-looking-for-a-library/99944>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-looking-for-a-library/99944 "2006-02-01T23:09:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![eduardo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@eduardo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eduardo)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-looking-for-a-library/99944/1 "2006-02-01T23:09:49Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to test the ruby-activeldap libraries. I’ve installed  
the package  
with gem tool, and my LOAD\_PATH is:

ruby -e ‘p $LOAD\_PATH’

[".", “/home/eyp/Desarrollo/ruby/lib”,  
“/home/eyp/Desarrollo/ruby/lib/sybase”, “/usr/lib/ruby”,  
“/usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8”, “/usr/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-linux”,  
“/usr/lib/site\_ruby”, “/usr/lib/ruby/1.8”,  
“/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-linux”, “.”]

Of course, there is a  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-activeldap-0.6.0/lib/activeldap.rb  
file.

Well, if I do:

irb  
irb(main):001:0\> require ‘activeldap’  
LoadError: no such file to load – activeldap  
from (irb):1:in `require’  
from (irb):1

same happens with another libraries like log4r, but if I go to the  
directory where the log4r.rb is and do  
require ‘log4r’ it works fine.

What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![eduardo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@eduardo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eduardo)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-looking-for-a-library/99944/2 "2006-02-02T01:21:28Z")

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On 01/02/06, EdUarDo [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello, I’m trying to test the ruby-activeldap libraries. I’ve installed the package  
> with gem tool, and my LOAD\_PATH is:

require ‘rubygems’  
require ‘activeldap’

-austin