# Problems with 'gem require' and test-unit gem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gem-require-and-test-unit-gem/148414>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 12, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gem-require-and-test-unit-gem/148414 "2008-09-12T16:16:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gem-require-and-test-unit-gem/148414/1 "2008-09-12T16:16:48Z")

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Hi all,

C:\>gem environment  
RubyGems Environment:

- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0
- RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- RUBY EXECUTABLE: c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/bin
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
  - ruby
  - x86-mswin32-60

- GEM PATHS:
  - c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

- GEM CONFIGURATION:
  - :update\_sources =\> true
  - :verbose =\> true
  - :benchmark =\> false
  - :backtrace =\> false
  - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000

- REMOTE SOURCES:
  - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)

I installed test-unit 2.0.0 as a gem, so now I’m a situation where I  
want to explicitly require the gem version of test unit rather than  
the one that shipped with the standard library. However, when I try  
to do “gem require ‘test/unit’” I get this:

C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/win32-eventlog/test/  
tc\_mc.rb:10: warning: parenthesize argument(s)  
for future version  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578:in  
`report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem false (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:134:in `activate’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:49:in `gem' from C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/win32- eventlog/test/tc_mc.rb:10 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 27:in `gem\_original\_require’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
27:in `require' from ./test/ts_all.rb:5 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.2/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader.rb:5:in `load’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.2/lib/rake/  
rake\_test\_loader.rb:5  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.2/lib/rake/  
rake\_test\_loader.rb:5:in `each’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.2/lib/rake/  
rake\_test\_loader.rb:5  
rake aborted!  
Command failed with status (1): [c:/ruby/bin/ruby -w -Ilib;lib "c:/  
ruby/lib…]

Where lines 9 and 10 of tc\_mc.rb looks like this:

require ‘rubygems’  
gem require ‘test/unit’

What’s the proper way to do this?

Thanks,

Dan

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gem-require-and-test-unit-gem/148414/2 "2008-09-12T20:59:06Z")

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On Sep 12, 2008, at 07:08 AM, Daniel B. wrote:

> gem require ‘test/unit’
> 
> What’s the proper way to do this?

require ‘rubygems’  
gem ‘test-unit’  
require ‘test/unit’

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gem-require-and-test-unit-gem/148414/3 "2008-09-12T21:21:28Z")

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On Sep 12, 12:51 pm, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > require ‘rubygems’  
> > gem require ‘test/unit’
> 
> > What’s the proper way to do this?
> 
> require ‘rubygems’  
> gem ‘test-unit’  
> require ‘test/unit’

Ah, ok.

Many thanks Eric.

Regards,

Dan