# No such file to load -- stringio (LoadError)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-stringio-loaderror/64886 "2006-08-15T14:20:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iceburgh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c4cdca/32.png) [@iceburgh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iceburgh)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-stringio-loaderror/64886/1 "2006-08-15T14:20:02Z")
I recently installed Ruby 1.8.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.7, following the instructions in [Dan Benjamin](http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger) Although irb starts up and runs OK, I am unable to get ri to work (either within irb or as an external command). It says: > > ri Proc > > /Users/rdm/.irbrc:2: warning: > > Insecure world writable dir /Volumes, > > mode 04177/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:9:in `require’: > > no such file to load – stringio (LoadError) > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:9 > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_descriptions.rb:1 > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_reader.rb:1 > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_driver.rb:5 > > from /usr/local/bin/ri:43 > > =\> false Ignoring the /Volumes nastygram (Hey, it’s a mount point!), it appears that a require is failing. Hmmm… > > $: > > =\> [“/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8”, > > “/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.7.0”, > > “/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby”, > > “/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8”, > > “/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.7.0”, > > “.”] Looks pretty good; let’s see if the file is there and readable: % cd /usr/local/lib/ruby % du -a . | grep stringio.rb 8 ./1.8/yaml/stringio.rb 16 ./gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.1.5/lib/action\_mailer/ vendor/tmail/stringio.rb % wc ./1.8/yaml/stringio.rb 83 175 1969 ./1.8/yaml/stringio.rb At this point, I’m tapped out. Suggestions, anyone? ## -r [http://www.cfcl.com/rdm](http://www.cfcl.com/rdm) Rich M. [http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume](http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog](http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog) +1 650-873-7841 Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development