OS X rails path problem

I have had rails up and running for about 2 years now, but while
troubleshooting an arduino problem, I inadvertently changed something
related to my path variable that caused scrip/server to no longer run,
after a reinstalling the basics… ruby-gems, etc… everything seemed
to run smoothly but now i cannot run rake.

I obviously have two versions of almost every gem on my system, but I
have no clue how to start cleaning up my machine. I want to point
everything to a single copy of my correct resources. Can anyone recomend
some good material on troubleshooting path/gem install issues, or just
some good solid resources on OS X/Unix architecture. I understand what a
path is, and what it does, but until now i’ve been mostly just doing
rather than understanding.

OS X 10.5.7

System information here: http://pastie.org/561126

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Richard
Schneeman[email protected] wrote:

some good material on troubleshooting path/gem install issues, or just
some good solid resources on OS X/Unix architecture. I understand what a
path is, and what it does, but until now i’ve been mostly just doing
rather than understanding.

From your pastie:

/usr/bin:/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin/:/opt/local/bin:/Users/richard/bin/bin/:/usr/local/bin

I would first remove ‘/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8’ – there shouldn’t
be
any executables in that directory. Also, you’ve got duplicate
directories
in that PATH statement.

Then this:

richard-s-macbook-pro:restapp richard$ which ruby
/usr/local/bin/ruby
richard-s-macbook-pro:restapp richard$ which rails
/usr/bin/rails
richard-s-macbook-pro:restapp richard$ which rake
/usr/bin/rake

If you type ruby -v is it the version you want?

If so, I suspect you have a /usr/local/bin/rails, /usr/local/bin/rake,
etc.
but because /usr/bin is first in your PATH, they are not being used.

Open a new shell and set your PATH to
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin/:/opt/local/bin:/Users/richard/bin/bin
(is that last “bin/bin” correct?)

Then see what which rake produces.


Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]
twitter: @hassan

You were right it was the /usr/bin in front and the
‘/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8’ that was screwing everything up

http://pastie.org/562566d

Everything works again, thanks! Besides the ‘profile’, ‘bashrc’, and
‘bash_profile’ are there any other common locations where the PATH
variable would be set? A few of those declarations could not be
accounted for in those three files.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Richard
Schneeman[email protected] wrote:

Everything works again, thanks! Besides the ‘profile’, ‘bashrc’, and
‘bash_profile’ are there any other common locations where the PATH
variable would be set? A few of those declarations could not be
accounted for in those three files.

Nothing comes immediately to my mind, but I suppose some errant
installer could do it, especially if you decided to CTRL-C out of the
middle of an install. :slight_smile:

Something to keep in mind, I suppose.

HTH,

Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]
twitter: @hassan