# Nokogiri error on snow leopard **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072 "2010-06-12T15:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/1 "2010-06-12T15:00:24Z")
hi, below is the setup i have: Mac OS X Snow Leopard running ruby 1.8.7 installed using hivelogic procedure installed libxml2 and libxslt from source installed nokogiri 1.4.2 using sudo gems EMercados-MacBook-Pro:~ ermercado$ gem list \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* actionmailer (2.3.5) actionpack (2.3.5) activerecord (2.3.5) activeresource (2.3.5) activesupport (2.3.5) cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.5.0) cheat (1.2.1) daemons (1.0.10) eventmachine (0.12.10) fastthread (1.0.7) gem\_plugin (0.2.3) mongrel (1.1.5) mysql (2.8.1) nokogiri (1.4.2, 1.3.3) rack (1.0.1) rails (2.3.5) rake (0.8.7) rspec (1.2.9) rubygems-update (1.3.6) sqlite3-ruby (1.2.5) thin (1.2.4) why am i getting the following message when i issue ‘require nokogiri’ on irb? EMercados-MacBook-Pro:~ ermercado$ irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘nokogiri’ LoadError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.2/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.2/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.2/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.2/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.2/lib/nokogiri.rb:13 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in`gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:in `require’ from (irb):1 even after issuing the below command: EMercados-MacBook-Pro:~ ermercado$ export RUBYOPT=“rubygems” thanks very much for your help manny ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/2 "2010-06-17T02:36:09Z")
i’ve upgraded ruby to 1.9.1, it’s working fine now. ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/3 "2010-06-17T16:22:08Z")
hi, ‘No suitable image found’ error occurs if arch different between ruby and library. And snow leopard builds 64bit in default. but snow leopard’s ruby is built in 32bit. so i think build ruby yourself and reinstall gems. – Sora H. (iPad) - @sora_h Blog: [http://codnote.net](http://codnote.net) Prof: [http://sorah.cosmio.net](http://sorah.cosmio.net) ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/4 "2010-06-17T16:22:49Z")
On Jun 12, 2010, at 21:34 , Sora H. wrote: > ‘No suitable image found’ error occurs if arch different between ruby > and library. > > And snow leopard builds 64bit in default. but snow leopard’s ruby is > built in 32bit. > > so i think build ruby yourself and reinstall gems. again… stock ruby would have saved you pain: ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/5 "2010-06-17T16:26:22Z")
Sorry for I missed that post. hmm… I think bad is “universal binary”. build ruby yourself to quickly make happy. 😃 – Sora H. (iPad) - @sora_h Blog: [http://codnote.net](http://codnote.net) Prof: [http://sorah.cosmio.net](http://sorah.cosmio.net) ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/6 "2010-06-17T16:22:38Z")
On Jun 12, 2010, at 06:00 , Emmanuel Mercado wrote: > why am i getting the following message when i issue ‘require nokogiri’ > on irb? > > EMercados-MacBook-Pro:~ ermercado$ irb > irb(main):001:0\> require ‘nokogiri’ > LoadError: > dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.2/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle, If you’re on snow leopard, then why not skip the hivelogic crap and use stock everything? It Just Works™. If not, then try otool to figure out what went wrong: 509 % otool -L /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.1/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.1/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/libruby.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.8.0, current version 1.8.7) /usr/lib/libexslt.0.dylib (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.13.0) /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib (compatibility version 3.0.0, current version 3.24.0) /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.3.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 125.0.0) ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/7 "2010-06-30T21:44:48Z")
thanks a lot! This sorted me out, though I’d like to add that my rails apps up to 2.3.5 worked with passenger, but 2.3.8 and the new 3 beta4 didn’t I changed to ruby 1.8.7-p174 which does the 64bit and voilà : beautiful Thanks so much!!! Daniela ---
**Author:** ![marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@marotte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marotte)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-error-on-snow-leopard/190072/8 "2010-06-17T16:27:01Z")
On Jun 12, 2010, at 14:21, Ryan D. wrote: > > […] > > If not, then try otool to figure out what went wrong: > > If it’s an architecture problem, file might be better: $ file `which ruby` /usr/bin/ruby: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures /usr/bin/ruby (for architecture x86\_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86\_64 /usr/bin/ruby (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386 /usr/bin/ruby (for architecture ppc7400): Mach-O executable ppc $ file `gem which nokogiri/nokogiri` /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.1/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle: Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86\_64 For me, nokogiri is probably x86\_64 only because the libxml is x86\_64 only: $ port installed libxml2 The following ports are currently installed: libxml2 @2.7.6\_0 (active) Here’s a universal variant: $ port installed freeimage The following ports are currently installed: freeimage @3.13.1\_0+universal (active)