# Old Rails app: can't find file\_column gem?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/old-rails-app-cant-find-file-column-gem/151972>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 28, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/old-rails-app-cant-find-file-column-gem/151972 "2008-10-28T16:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/old-rails-app-cant-find-file-column-gem/151972/1 "2008-10-28T16:30:20Z")

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Hi all

I’m trying to get some old Rails app to work. But when trying to start  
it, I get the following error:

josh$ script/server  
=\> Booting WEBrick…  
./script/…/config/…/config/environment.rb:5: warning: already  
initialized constant RAILS\_ENV  
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- file_column (MissingSourceFile) from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from  
./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:147:in  
`require' from script/../config/../vendor/plugins/file_column/init.rb:5:in`load\_plugin’  
from  
./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:348:in  
`load_plugin' from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb:11:in`silence\_warnings’  
from  
./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:348:in  
`load_plugin' from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:158:in`load\_plugins’  
from  
./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:158:in  
`each' ... 11 levels... from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in`require’  
from  
./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:30  
from script/server:3:in `require’  
from script/server:3

But I do have the file\_column plugin in the vendor/plugins directory! So  
why is it looking for a gem?

Thanks  
Josh

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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/old-rails-app-cant-find-file-column-gem/151972/2 "2008-10-28T19:01:04Z")

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Could it be that I need to install RMagick? Might that be the case?