# Problems with extension generators **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214 "2007-07-24T10:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac8455/32.png) [@islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/islepilot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214/1 "2007-07-24T10:37:22Z")
Hey, my friend was trying to generate a controller today and when he tried: script/generate extension\_controller Products admin/species He got: The name ‘admin’ is reserved by Ruby on Rails. Please choose an alternative and run this generator again. I tried myself and got the same error. Without the admin, it runs fine. I also tried it on a fresh install, just in case it was something I added, but got the same results. Any ideas? Keith B. Tel: +49-7731-7983830 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://keithbingman.com](http://keithbingman.com) ---
**Author:** ![islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac8455/32.png) [@islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/islepilot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214/2 "2007-07-30T22:54:06Z")
Keith B. wrote: > Hey, my friend was trying to generate a controller today and when he > tried: > script/generate extension\_controller Products admin/species > > He got: > The name ‘admin’ is reserved by Ruby on Rails. > Please choose an alternative and run this generator again. I’m getting the same error using gem 0.6.2. ---
**Author:** ![islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac8455/32.png) [@islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/islepilot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214/3 "2007-08-01T03:41:06Z")
Keith B. wrote: > Hey, my friend was trying to generate a controller today and when he > tried: > > script/generate extension\_controller Products admin/species > > He got: > > The name ‘admin’ is reserved by Ruby on Rails. > Please choose an alternative and run this generator again. I can’t reproduce the error: $ script/generate extension Products create vendor/extensions/products/app/controllers create vendor/extensions/products/app/helpers create vendor/extensions/products/app/models create vendor/extensions/products/app/views create vendor/extensions/products/db/migrate … $ script/generate extension\_controller Products admin/species create app/controllers/admin create app/helpers/admin create app/views/admin/species create test/functional/admin … Can you provide precise steps to reproduce this in a clean project? Can we see a list of the gems you have installed? – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac8455/32.png) [@islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/islepilot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214/4 "2007-08-02T19:47:57Z")
I’m having the same problem. Running from the Jargon branch, latest revision. Besides that, I have the latest gem installed, but in the gem the error doesn’t occur. I think running in development mode should not interfere with the generators. I tried running in both development mode and production mode, in both situations the error occurs. My installed gems: actionmailer (1.3.3) actionpack (1.13.3) actionwebservice (1.2.3) activerecord (1.15.3) activesupport (1.4.2) cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.1) color-tools (1.3.0) daemons (1.0.5) diff-lcs (1.1.2) fastthread (1.0) ferret (0.10.13) flexmock (0.6.1) gem\_plugin (0.2.2) hoe (1.2.1) mongrel (1.0.1) pdf-writer (1.1.3) postgres-pr (0.4.0) radiant (0.6.2) rails (1.2.3) rake (0.7.3) RedCloth (3.0.4) rmagick (1.15.6) ruby-debug (0.9.3) ruby-debug-base (0.9.3) rubyforge (0.4.2) rubygems-update (0.9.4) sources (0.0.1) syntax (1.0.0) transaction-simple (1.3.0) xhtmldiff (1.0.0) ZenTest (3.6.0) Hope you can do anything with this information. Edwin Op 1-aug-2007, om 22:46 heeft David P. het volgende geschreven: > > project? Can > > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Search: [http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/) > > Site: [http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant](http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant) » » Flydesign.nl - Webdevelopment & hosting » www.flydesign.nl - 06 4147 5537 » ---
**Author:** ![islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac8455/32.png) [@islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/islepilot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214/5 "2007-08-03T22:10:11Z")
Edwin V. wrote: > I’m having the same problem. Running from the Jargon branch, latest > revision. Besides that, I have the latest gem installed, but in the > gem the error doesn’t occur. > > I think running in development mode should not interfere with the > generators. I tried running in both development mode and production > mode, in both situations the error occurs. $ script/generate extension ExtensionName … correct output … $ script/generate extension\_model ExtensionName Link title:string url:string description:text … correct output … $ script/generate extension\_controller ExtensionName admin/links The name ‘admin’ is reserved by Ruby on Rails. Please choose an alternative and run this generator again. Local gems: actionmailer (1.3.2) actionpack (1.13.2) actionwebservice (1.2.2) activerecord (1.15.2) activesupport (1.4.1) capistrano (1.4.0) cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.1) daemons (1.0.4) fastthread (0.6.4.1) gem\_plugin (0.2.2) mongrel (1.0.1) mysql (2.7) needle (1.3.0) net-sftp (1.1.0) net-ssh (1.0.10) radiant (0.6.2, 0.6.1, 0.6.0) rails (1.2.2) rake (0.7.1) sources (0.0.1) termios (0.9.4) ---
**Author:** ![islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac8455/32.png) [@islepilot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/islepilot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extension-generators/110214/6 "2007-08-01T22:46:46Z")
John W. Long wrote: > Keith B. wrote: > > > script/generate extension\_controller Products admin/species > > > > The name ‘admin’ is reserved by Ruby on Rails. > > Please choose an alternative and run this generator again. > > I can’t reproduce the error: > > Can you provide precise steps to reproduce this in a clean project? Can > we see a list of the gems you have installed? > > John L. John – My errors appeared when I was running in Development mode, if that helps any. I can get you more info tomorrow.