# Rake-0.8.1 seems to be broken in my Rails 2.0.2 installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 10, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-0-8-1-seems-to-be-broken-in-my-rails-2-0-2-installation/140056 "2008-06-10T14:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-0-8-1-seems-to-be-broken-in-my-rails-2-0-2-installation/140056/1 "2008-06-10T14:13:30Z")
Hi, I’ve been trying for a week to get my first Rails app developed using migrations. I failed on the command: rake db:migrate My last resort has been to faithfully follow Rails Cookbook’s first example. I stumbled a few times but finally implemented the Cookbook’s example up to the “rake db:migrate” command, where I got: C:\var\www\cookbook\>rake db:migrate K:/\_Utilities/ruby186-26\_rc2/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/ lib/rake.rb:2242: private method `task' called for Rake:Module (NoMethodError) from K:/_Utilities/ruby186-26_rc2/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`gem\_original\_require’ from K:/\_Utilities/ruby186-26\_rc2/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/ rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `require' from K:/_Utilities/ruby186-26_rc2/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ rake-0.8.1/bin/rake:26 from K:/_Utilities/ruby186-26_rc2/ruby/bin/rake:19:in`load’ from K:/\_Utilities/ruby186-26\_rc2/ruby/bin/rake:19 Eventually, it dawned on me to try “rake” with no arguments, with “- h”, with “-v” and always got the same 6 lines of output. “gem list -r rake” reported that 0.8.1 is rake’s current version. I’m running: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32] Rails 2.0.2 rake-0.8.1 (apparently: I can’t get “rake -v” to work, of course) WinXP-Pro/SP2 A gentile push over this hump, even a blunt knock in the head, would be greatly appreciated. I apologize for the several threads I’ve started on this topic. Best wishes, Richard ---
**Author:** ![RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-0-8-1-seems-to-be-broken-in-my-rails-2-0-2-installation/140056/2 "2008-06-10T19:00:02Z")
Have you tried re-installing rake? That first entry in the trace looks weird to me–my copy of rake.rb only has 2,240 lines in it… ---
**Author:** ![RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-0-8-1-seems-to-be-broken-in-my-rails-2-0-2-installation/140056/3 "2008-06-11T06:03:07Z")
Hi Roy, Thanks for reporting your take on the situation! No, I didn’t try re- installing because I wanted to wait to see if anyone saw anything weird about it or could point out how I’m mistaken. I’ll reinstall and post back. Best wishes, Richard ---
**Author:** ![RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-0-8-1-seems-to-be-broken-in-my-rails-2-0-2-installation/140056/4 "2008-06-11T08:41:21Z")
Hey Roy, You were a godsend! A faulty Rake installation has been killing me for days as I grasped at one theory and then another to explain the anomaly. # So here’s the result of my migration: C:\var\www\cookbook\>rake db:migrate (in C:/var/www/cookbook) == 1 BuildDb: migrating # – create\_table(:languages, {:force=\>true}) -\> 0.1570s == 1 BuildDb: migrated (0.1570s) I checked out the Development database and, sure 'nuf, the tables (languages and schema\_info) got created. Thanks for the encouragement. I would have eventually reinstalled Rake, but I hated just grasping at straws. So your encouragement was warmly received. Best wishes, Richard ---
**Author:** ![RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-0-8-1-seems-to-be-broken-in-my-rails-2-0-2-installation/140056/5 "2008-06-11T08:46:01Z")
Hey Roy, You were a godsend! A faulty Rake installation has been killing me for days as I grasped at one theory and then another to explain the anomaly. # So here’s the result of my migration: C:\var\www\cookbook\>rake db:migrate (in C:/var/www/cookbook) == 1 BuildDb: migrating # – create\_table(:languages, {:force=\>true}) -\> 0.1570s == 1 BuildDb: migrated (0.1570s) I checked out the Development database and, sure 'nuf, the tables (languages and schema\_info) got created. Thanks for the encouragement. I would have eventually reinstalled Rake, but I hated just grasping at straws. So your encouragement was warmly received. Best wishes, Richard On Jun 11, 12:01 am, RichardOnRails