# Problem loading wxruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-loading-wxruby/133801>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-loading-wxruby/133801 "2008-04-03T20:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ribes)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-loading-wxruby/133801/1 "2008-04-03T20:05:57Z")

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Team,

I installed wxruby via gem install.  
I successfully installed it but I can load it via require.

C:$user\ruby\Programs\GUI and Graphs\>\*ruby -v  
\*ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]

C:$user\ruby\Programs\GUI and Graphs\>gem install wxruby  
Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32)

1. wxruby 1.9.5 (universal-darwin-9)
2. wxruby 1.9.5 (i386-mswin32)
3. wxruby 1.9.5 (x86-linux)
4. wxruby 1.9.5 (x86\_64-linux)
5. Skip this gem
6. Cancel installation

> 2  
> Successfully installed wxruby-1.9.5-i386-mswin32

C:$user\ruby\Programs\GUI and Graphs\>\*ruby rdg02.rb  
\*rdg02.rb:1:in `require’: no such file to load – wx (LoadError)  
from rdg02.rb:1

Any help is appreciated!

Victor

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**Author:** ![ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ribes)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-loading-wxruby/133801/2 "2008-04-03T21:16:17Z")

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I had it in reverse order.

Thank you

Victor

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**Author:** ![ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ribes)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-loading-wxruby/133801/3 "2008-04-03T21:10:57Z")

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On Apr 3, 3:04 pm, Victor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> C:$user\ruby\Programs\GUI and Graphs\>gem install wxruby  
> C:$user\ruby\Programs\GUI and Graphs\>\*ruby rdg02.rb  
> \*rdg02.rb:1:in `require’: no such file to load – wx (LoadError)  
> from rdg02.rb:1
> 
> Any help is appreciated!

Did you tried require ‘rubygems’ first?

Since you installed via Gems, most likely you don’t have RUBYOPT set  
to rubygems, which automatically loaded rubygems for you.

try this:

require ‘rubygems’  
require ‘wx’

on top of your script. That should fix what you’re getting.

HTH,