# Problems installing Flotilla - no such file -- FileUtils

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-flotilla-no-such-file-fileutils/191153>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-flotilla-no-such-file-fileutils/191153 "2010-07-06T15:55:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-flotilla-no-such-file-fileutils/191153/1 "2010-07-06T15:55:17Z")

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Hi

I am attempting to install the Flotilla plugin for the flot javascript  
charting library.

I have tried to install Flotilla using  
ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/joshuamiller/flotilla.git

All seems ok till it attempts to do the install then I get  
/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- FileUtils (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
from  
/home/colinl/websites/weather/vendor/plugins/flotilla/install.rb:1  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:235:in  
`load' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:235:in`run\_install\_hook’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:196:in  
`install' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:811:in`parse!’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:810:in  
`each' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:810:in`parse!’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:518:in  
`parse!' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:534:in`parse!’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/plugin.rb:968  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
from script/plugin:3

Google has not been able to help me, or at least I have been unable to  
ask it the right questions.

Rails version 2.3.8, though that is obvious from the trace.  
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]  
Ubuntu 10.04

Any help would be much appreciated.

Colin

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-flotilla-no-such-file-fileutils/191153/2 "2010-08-18T23:46:54Z")

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Just in case you haven’t solved this yet: Install the plugin from  
[GitHub - jhaagmans/flotilla: Flot graphs on Rails](http://github.com/jhaagmans/flotilla.git) instead - FileUtils is now  
‘fileutils’.

-Matt

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**Author:** ![colinloretz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@colinloretz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/colinloretz)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-flotilla-no-such-file-fileutils/191153/3 "2010-08-19T16:23:15Z")

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On 18 August 2010 22:15, Matthias B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Just in case you haven’t solved this yet: Install the plugin from  
> [GitHub - jhaagmans/flotilla: Flot graphs on Rails](http://github.com/jhaagmans/flotilla.git) instead - FileUtils is now  
> ‘fileutils’.

OK, thanks. I got round it by manually copying the files that  
install.rb was attempting to copy.

Colin