# Rake migrate unintialized const dependencies

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-migrate-unintialized-const-dependencies/201733>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [January 13, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-migrate-unintialized-const-dependencies/201733 "2011-01-13T15:44:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-migrate-unintialized-const-dependencies/201733/1 "2011-01-13T15:44:20Z")

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Hi,

I’m a ruby and rails newbie…  
I am trying to get a 3rd party module running - Community Engine(which  
requires Rails 2.3.4 )- because it seems like it does most of what I  
need my project to do and I thought I could just extend it.

I am stuck at the point of doing rak db:migrate  
I keep getting an uninitialized constant dependencies …

C:\projects\commanddo\>rake db:migrate --trace \> c:\temp\db\_migrate.txt  
rake aborted!  
uninitialized constant Dependencies  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2503:in  
`const_missing' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.4/lib/desert/rails/dependencies.rb:1 C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.4/lib/desert/rails.rb:7:in`require’  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.4/lib/desert/rails.rb:7  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.4/lib/desert.rb:11:in  
`require' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.4/lib/desert.rb:11 C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:64:in`requi  
re’  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:64:in  
`requi re' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:62:in`each’

C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:62:in  
`requi re' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:51:in`each’

C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:51:in  
`requi re' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler.rb:112:in`require’  
C:/projects/commanddo/config/application.rb:7  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_re quire' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
C:/projects/commanddo/Rakefile:4  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2383:in `load' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2383:in`raw\_load\_rakefile  
’  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2017:in  
`load_rakefile' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in`standard\_exceptio  
n\_handling’  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2016:in  
`load_rakefile' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2000:in`run’  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in  
`standard_exceptio n_handling' C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in`run’  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31  
C:/Ruby/bin/rake:19:in `load’  
C:/Ruby/bin/rake:19

The constant is in the desert gem  
dependencies = ActiveSupport.const\_defined?(:Dependencies) ?  
ActiveSupport::Dependencies : Dependencies

My gems are

abstract (1.0.0)  
actionmailer (3.0.3, 2.3.4)  
actionpack (3.0.3, 2.3.4)  
activemodel (3.0.3)  
activerecord (3.0.3, 2.3.4)  
activeresource (3.0.3, 2.3.4)  
activesupport (3.0.3, 2.3.9, 2.3.4, 2.3.2)  
arel (2.0.6)  
authlogic (2.1.6)  
aws-s3 (0.6.2)  
builder (2.1.2)  
bundler (1.0.7)  
calendar\_date\_select (1.16.1)  
cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.5.0)  
commonwatir (1.7.1)  
cucumber (0.10.0)  
desert (0.5.4)  
diff-lcs (1.1.2)  
erubis (2.6.6)  
firewatir (1.7.1)  
gem\_plugin (0.2.3)  
gherkin (2.3.3 x86-mingw32)  
haml (3.0.25)  
hoe (2.8.0)  
hpricot (0.8.3)  
htmlentities (4.2.3, 4.2.2)  
i18n (0.5.0)  
json (1.4.6 x86-mingw32)  
mail (2.2.14, 2.2.13)  
mime-types (1.16)  
mongrel (1.1.5 x86-mingw32)  
nokogiri (1.4.4.1 x86-mingw32)  
pik (0.2.8)  
polyglot (0.3.1)  
rack (1.2.1, 1.0.1)  
rack-mount (0.6.13)  
rack-test (0.5.7)  
rails (3.0.3, 2.3.4)  
railties (3.0.3)  
rake (0.8.7)  
ri\_cal (0.8.7)  
rmagick (2.12.0 mswin32)  
rspec (2.4.0)  
rspec-core (2.4.0)  
rspec-expectations (2.4.0)  
rspec-mocks (2.4.0)  
s4t-utils (1.0.4)  
searchlogic (2.4.27)  
sqlite3-ruby (1.3.2 x86-mingw32)  
term-ansicolor (1.0.5)  
thor (0.14.6)  
treetop (1.4.9)  
tzinfo (0.3.23)  
user-choices (1.1.6.1)  
watir (1.7.1)  
win32-api (1.4.7 x86-mingw32)  
win32-process (0.6.5)  
windows-api (0.4.0)  
windows-pr (1.1.2)  
xml-simple (1.0.12)

what should I do to get past this point.

Thanks,  
Bryan Rasmussen