# Odd diagnostics when I installed 'rake' like on page 217 PAB

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-diagnostics-when-i-installed-rake-like-on-page-217-pab/57222>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 8, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-diagnostics-when-i-installed-rake-like-on-page-217-pab/57222 "2006-04-08T03:07:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-diagnostics-when-i-installed-rake-like-on-page-217-pab/57222/1 "2006-04-08T03:07:41Z")

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root@baldwin:~# gem install -r rake  
Attempting remote installation of ‘rake’  
Successfully installed rake-0.7.1  
/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in  
`require__': no such file to load -- rdoc/rdoc (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in`require’  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/doc\_manager.rb:43:in  
`generate_rdoc' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:215:in`execute’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:214:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:214:in`execute’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:153:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:153:in`execute’  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:49:in  
`invoke' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:94:in`process\_args’  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd\_manager.rb:67:in  
`run' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:13:in`run’  
from /usr/bin/gem:17

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**Author:** ![Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-diagnostics-when-i-installed-rake-like-on-page-217-pab/57222/2 "2006-04-08T04:22:42Z")

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Xeno C. wrote:

> root@baldwin:~# gem install -r rake  
> Attempting remote installation of ‘rake’  
> Successfully installed rake-0.7.1  
> /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in  
> `require\_\_’: no such file to load – rdoc/rdoc (LoadError)

Looks like you don’t have rdoc installed. Since rdoc is a standard part  
of the ruby distribution, I’m guessing that you are running ruby on a  
debian or debian based system that has split up standard ruby into  
multiple packages.

Check your distribution packages for the ruby/rdoc package. You might  
want to double check for other things that are missing as well.

–  
– Jim W.