# Paperclip gem install failed **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paperclip-gem-install-failed/194140 "2010-08-31T01:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nirosh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paperclip-gem-install-failed/194140/1 "2010-08-31T01:16:38Z")
when i’m installing paperclip gem its return err (i18n requires RubyGems version \>= 1.3.6) the os is ubuntu 10.04 64bit -nirosh- ---
**Author:** ![nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nirosh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paperclip-gem-install-failed/194140/2 "2010-08-31T05:16:10Z")
nirosh wrote: > when i’m installing paperclip gem its return err (i18n requires > RubyGems version \>= 1.3.6) > the os is ubuntu 10.04 64bit > -nirosh- sudo gem update --system should get you to rubygems 1.3.7 on 10.04 64-bit (just did for me - now to see what I just broke!!! lol. I followed with a ‘sudo gem update’ just for fun - no this isn’t my main dev machine) ---
**Author:** ![nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nirosh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paperclip-gem-install-failed/194140/3 "2010-08-31T09:30:42Z")
can’t run gem --update on Debian based Systems. anyway when i’m try to generate paperclip model (script/generate paperclip album\_set photo) the error was /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_support/ dependencies.rb:440:in `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant Paperclip::Glue (NameError) from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:80:in`const\_missing’ from /home/ozoner/Desktop/PhotoAlbum/vendor/plugins/paperclip/lib/ paperclip/railtie.rb:20:in `insert' from /home/ozoner/Desktop/PhotoAlbum/vendor/plugins/paperclip/rails/ init.rb:2:in`evaluate\_init\_rb’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/plugin.rb:158:in `evaluate_init_rb' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/ core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb:11:in`silence\_warnings’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/plugin.rb:154:in `evaluate_init_rb' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/plugin.rb:48:in`load’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/plugin/loader.rb: 38:in `load_plugins' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/plugin/loader.rb: 37:in`each’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/plugin/loader.rb: 37:in `load_plugins' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:369:in`load\_plugins’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:165:in `process' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:113:in`send’ from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:113:in `run' from /home/ozoner/Desktop/PhotoAlbum/config/environment.rb:9 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require' from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/commands/generate.rb:1 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require’ from script/generate:3 ---
**Author:** ![nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nirosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nirosh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paperclip-gem-install-failed/194140/4 "2010-08-31T10:02:54Z")
problem fixed with sudo gem install paperclip -v 2.3.1.1 command