# Problems with gems **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gems/156652 "2008-12-31T12:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gems/156652/1 "2008-12-31T12:43:20Z")
Hi I tried to install the rails gem using igem. Is that supposed to work? » igem install rails ERROR: Error installing rails: attempt to install file into “test/fixtures/test\_mailer/implicitly\_multipart\_example.text.html.erb~” under ools/ironruby/merlin/External/languages/ruby/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ironruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.2.2" I then tried to install them one by one with --ignore-dependencies » igem install --ignore-dependencies --verbose activesupport-2.2.2.gem Installing gem actionmailer-2.2.2 Using local gem C:/tools/ironruby/merlin/main/Languages/Ruby/libs/…/…/…/…/External/languages/ruby/ruby-1.8.6// onruby/gems/1.8/cache/actionmailer-2.2.2.gem ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `include?’ for nil:NilClass When I copied the gem files, cache and specifications over from MRI they list properly but when I try to generate an application skeleton it seems like something is wrong in the way it handles the paths. » irails test\_irails c:\tools\ironruby\merlin\main\Languages\Ruby\Libraries.LCA\_RESTRICTED\Builtins\KernelOps.cs:390:in `require': no such fi le to load -- C:/tools/ironruby/merlin/External/languages/ruby/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ironruby/gems/1.8/gems/-2.2.2/bin/../lib/r uby_version_check (LoadError) from custom_require.rb:26:in`require’ from :0 from c:\tools\ironruby\merlin\main\Languages\Ruby\Libraries.LCA\_RESTRICTED\Builtins\KernelOps.cs:374:in `load’ from :0 I had a similar thing happen to me when I tried to install rake but then it created a folder -0.8.3 instead of rake-0.8.3 after some tinkering i did get rake working but rails doesn’t seem to be really happy atm. ---
**Author:** ![barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gems/156652/2 "2008-12-31T17:39:05Z")
Yes, this is supposed to work – at least when using the MSâ„¢ CLR ☺. I used both rake and sinatra as test cases when I was eliminating obstacles to making “igem install” work. I wonder if the problem here might be that the path construction temporarily resulted in something greater than the permissible path length – in particular, the “…/…/…/…” may need to be resolved before we send it to a .NET API. Also, the paths on our internal sources still look somewhat different than those we push out. From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:43 AM To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: [Ironruby-core] problems with gems Hi I tried to install the rails gem using igem. Is that supposed to work? » igem install rails ERROR: Error installing rails: attempt to install file into “test/fixtures/test\_mailer/implicitly\_multipart\_example.text.html.erb~” under ools/ironruby/merlin/External/languages/ruby/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ironruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.2.2" I then tried to install them one by one with --ignore-dependencies » igem install --ignore-dependencies --verbose activesupport-2.2.2.gem Installing gem actionmailer-2.2.2 Using local gem C:/tools/ironruby/merlin/main/Languages/Ruby/libs/…/…/…/…/External/languages/ruby/ruby-1.8.6// onruby/gems/1.8/cache/actionmailer-2.2.2.gem ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `include?’ for nil:NilClass When I copied the gem files, cache and specifications over from MRI they list properly but when I try to generate an application skeleton it seems like something is wrong in the way it handles the paths. » irails test\_irails c:\tools\ironruby\merlin\main\Languages\Ruby\Libraries.LCA\_RESTRICTED\Builtins\KernelOps.cs:390:in `require': no such fi le to load -- C:/tools/ironruby/merlin/External/languages/ruby/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ironruby/gems/1.8/gems/-2.2.2/bin/../lib/r uby_version_check (LoadError) from custom_require.rb:26:in `require’ from :0 from c:\tools\ironruby\merlin\main\Languages\Ruby\Libraries.LCA\_RESTRICTED\Builtins\KernelOps.cs:374:in `load’ from :0 I had a similar thing happen to me when I tried to install rake but then it created a folder -0.8.3 instead of rake-0.8.3 after some tinkering i did get rake working but rails doesn’t seem to be really happy atm.