# Please help Rails project can not be created **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 24, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364 "2011-05-24T19:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/1 "2011-05-24T19:38:21Z")
I have just update to ubuntu 11.04. since that I can not create a new Rails project. Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$ rails new Test Can’t initialize a new Rails application within the directory of another, please change to a non-Rails directory first. Type ‘rails’ for help. ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/2 "2011-05-24T19:45:57Z")
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:38 PM, hoboy Hoboy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I have just update to ubuntu 11.04. > since that I can not create a new Rails project. > > Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$ rails new Test > Can’t initialize a new Rails application within the directory of > another, please change to a non-Rails directory first. > Type ‘rails’ for help. > > As the error message says, you are already in a Rails project directory. > Go back and try again. ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/3 "2011-05-24T19:47:11Z")
That error message seems pretty clear. You’re already in a directory that is a rails application. Also just as another note, “Test” is not a good name to give your application. You should avoid using keywords like that as the name of your application. ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/4 "2011-05-24T20:39:44Z")
On May 24, 7:07pm, hoboy Hoboy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > You are telling me that when I login into ubuntu my I go directly on > Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$. > you are telling that this is an rails directory ? > that does not make a sense Well at least rails thinks it’s a rails app. Maybe you previously generated a rails app in your home directory (rather than in a subfolder) at some previous point in time, or moved the contents of a rails app into your home folder Fred ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/5 "2011-05-24T21:32:21Z")
This is likely what’s happening. WHat’s the output of the following commands? ls -l which rails ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/6 "2011-05-24T20:07:53Z")
Tim S. wrote in post #1000680: > That error message seems pretty clear. You’re already in a directory > that is > a rails application. > > Also just as another note, “Test” is not a good name to give your > application. You should avoid using keywords like that as the name of > your > application. You are telling me that when I login into ubuntu my I go directly on Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$. you are telling that this is an rails directory ? that does not make a sense ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/7 "2011-05-24T22:29:14Z")
Tim S. wrote in post #1000707: > This is likely what’s happening. WHat’s the output of the following > commands? > > ls -l > which rails luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$ ls -l total 21604 drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:15 Aptana Studio 3 Workspace drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:42 bea drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 config drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 db drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:25 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:09 DEVS drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-19 19:14 doc drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-22 13:27 Documents drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:08 Downloads -rw-r–r-- 1 luc luc 179 2011-02-28 18:13 examples.desktop drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:15 glassfish-3.0.1 drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:42 glassfish-3.1 drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 14:56 IdeaProjects drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:50 jdeveloper drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 09:11 jedit drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 log drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:16 lucRails drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:26 lucworkspace drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Music drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:14 netbeans-6.9.1 drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:52 netbeans-7.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:29 NetBeansProjects drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:39 Oracle drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 public drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Public drwxr-xr-x 25 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:49 ruby-1.9.2-p0 -rw-r–r-- 1 luc luc 10787899 2011-05-22 17:07 ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 24 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:41 ruby-1.9.2-p180 -rw-r–r-- 1 luc luc 11158935 2011-05-22 17:39 ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 script drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Templates drwxr-xr-x 7 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 test drwxr-xr-x 6 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 tmp drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:13 untitled folder drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 vendor drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Videos drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 19:54 workspace drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-04-16 17:46 workspaces luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$ which rails /home/luc/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/rails luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$ ---
**Author:** ![hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@hoboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hoboy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-rails-project-can-not-be-created/207364/8 "2011-05-24T22:45:59Z")
On 24 May 2011 21:29, hoboy Hoboy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Workspace > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:42 bea > drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 config That looks like a bit of Rails project > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 db and that > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:25 Desktop > drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:09 DEVS > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-19 19:14 doc yup > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-22 13:27 Documents > drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:08 Downloads > -rw-r–r-- 1 luc luc 179 2011-02-28 18:13 examples.desktop > drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:15 glassfish-3.0.1 > drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:42 glassfish-3.1 > drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 14:56 IdeaProjects > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:50 jdeveloper > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 09:11 jedit > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 lib curiouser and curiouser > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 log and again > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:16 lucRails > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:26 lucworkspace > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Music > drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:14 netbeans-6.9.1 > drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:52 netbeans-7.0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:29 NetBeansProjects > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:39 Oracle > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Pictures > drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 public and again > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Public > drwxr-xr-x 25 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:49 ruby-1.9.2-p0 > -rw-r–r-- 1 luc luc 10787899 2011-05-22 17:07 ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz > drwxr-xr-x 24 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:41 ruby-1.9.2-p180 > -rw-r–r-- 1 luc luc 11158935 2011-05-22 17:39 ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar.gz > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 script It is getting mighty suspicious > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Templates > drwxr-xr-x 7 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 test yet more > drwxr-xr-x 6 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 tmp that one could be real I suppose > drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:13 untitled folder > drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 vendor That one is bit of a killer. It certainly looks like you have accidentally created a rails app in the home folder at some point. There is no app directory but perhaps you have already removed that one. I suggest looking in all the directories above to make sure they do not contain useful data and if they do not then removing them. Colin