# Problems after updating to rails 2.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 16, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037 "2008-08-16T15:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037/1 "2008-08-16T15:52:16Z")
Hi everybody, I just updated to rails 2.1 as root user, and noticed that non root users have different rails versions than root. I thought updating as root would make 2.1 available for all users. I was hoping this because some permissions problems prevent my normal user from updating rails to 2.1. Look at the following gem lists. (I’m on a mac) sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: gem list rails \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* rails (2.0.2, 1.2.3, 1.1.6) sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: su - Password: SlineMac:~ root# gem list rails \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* rails (2.1.0, 1.2.6, 1.2.3) SlineMac:~ root# First, why are they different? Second, If I try to upgrade to 2.1 as the non root user I get a permissions problem: sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: gem install -v=2.1.0 rails — snip gem updating messages — ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::EACCES) Permission denied - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/activesupport-2.1.0.gem Third if I try to create a new app now as non root user, I get a gem require error: sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: rails fmpden /usr/local/bin/rails:17: undefined method `require\_gem’ for main:Object (NoMethodError) I can create a new application as root, but jeepers, I don’t want to do my work as root, and while changing the perms on the new app so the non root user could use it would work, it is really a symptom of something being wrong. Thank you for any help, Steve ---
**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037/2 "2008-08-16T16:02:08Z")
Looks like ruby is installed “locally” for the “user”… # which ruby and # ruby -v for both root and the user. or maybe the environment is different somehow? # env for both users ---
**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037/3 "2008-08-16T16:15:04Z")
heimdull wrote: > Looks like ruby is installed “locally” for the “user”… > > # which ruby > > and > > # ruby -v > > for both root and the user. or maybe the environment is different > somehow? > > # env > > for both users Wow, you’re right, here’s the output. Seems like my paths are not in the same order with respect to /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. I can fix that. I wonder if that will fix everything else . . . We’ll see. sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: which ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [i686-darwin8.11.1] sline:~/eclipseWorkspace: su - Password: SlineMac:~ root# which ruby /usr/bin/ruby SlineMac:~ root# ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0] SlineMac:~ root# ls -ld /usr/bin/ruby lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 76 Jul 22 08:26 /usr/bin/ruby -\> …/…/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/Current/usr/bin/ruby SlineMac:~ root# ls -ld /usr/local/bin/ruby -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1824244 Apr 26 09:53 /usr/local/bin/ruby ---
**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037/4 "2008-08-16T16:36:50Z")
I know this is weird, but after upgrading to leopard (or some other undetermined event), it appears the su - command doesn’t execute the root .bash\_profile anymore. So my .bash\_profile wasn’t getting executed and my paths are in different orders due to a default path being used for root. ---
**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037/5 "2008-08-16T17:05:45Z")
Finally found the _root_ of the problem: my root login shell was changed to sh from bash. It used to be bash. I bet upgrading to leopard did this little favor for me. How sweet! ---
**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-after-updating-to-rails-2-1/146037/6 "2008-08-16T16:45:43Z")
Steven L. wrote: > I know this is weird, but after upgrading to leopard (or some other > undetermined event), it appears the su - command doesn’t execute the > root .bash\_profile anymore. So my .bash\_profile wasn’t getting executed > and my paths are in different orders due to a default path being used > for root. So it’s probably fixed now. I su’d to root, manually ran my .bash\_profile so root is now using the same path and same ruby as non root users, and I gem updated rails. Now the non root users use the same 2.1 rails as root. Thank you heimdull for your keen eye and superior intelligence! Steve