# Rake spec no such file to load -- spec\_helper

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-spec-no-such-file-to-load-spec-helper/182300>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 26, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-spec-no-such-file-to-load-spec-helper/182300 "2010-01-26T09:46:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-spec-no-such-file-to-load-spec-helper/182300/1 "2010-01-26T09:46:30Z")

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I get the following error:  
kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ rails myproject  
kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ cd myproject/  
kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ script/generate rspec  
kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ script/generate rspec\_scaffold myresource  
name:string description:text  
kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ rake db:migrate  
kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ rake spec --trace  
(in /home/fs/kontulai/myproject)  
\*\* Invoke spec (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke db:test:prepare (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke db:abort\_if\_pending\_migrations (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke environment (first\_time)  
\*\* Execute environment  
\*\* Execute db:abort\_if\_pending\_migrations  
\*\* Execute db:test:prepare  
\*\* Invoke db:test:load (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke db:test:purge (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke environment  
\*\* Execute db:test:purge  
\*\* Execute db:test:load  
\*\* Invoke db:schema:load (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke environment  
\*\* Execute db:schema:load  
\*\* Execute spec  
./spec/helpers/myresources\_helper\_spec.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- spec_helper (LoadError) from ./spec/helpers/myresources_helper_spec.rb:1 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:14:in`load’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/runner/example\_group\_runner.rb:14:in  
`load_files' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:13:in`each’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/runner/example\_group\_runner.rb:13:in  
`load_files' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/runner/options.rb:85:in`run\_examples’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/runner/command\_line.rb:19:in `run' from /usr/bin/spec:4 rake aborted! Command ruby -I"/usr/lib/ruby/lib" "/usr/bin/spec" "spec/routing/ myresources_routing_spec.rb" "spec/integration/myresources_spec.rb" "spec/controllers/myresources_controller_spec.rb" "spec/helpers/ myresources_helper_spec.rb" "spec/views/myresources/ new.html.erb_spec.rb" "spec/views/myresources/show.html.erb_spec.rb" "spec/views/myresources/index.html.erb_spec.rb" "spec/views/ myresources/edit.html.erb_spec.rb" "spec/models/myresource_spec.rb" -- options "/home/fs/kontulai/myproject/spec/spec.opts" failed /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/rake/spectask.rb:184:in`define’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1088:in `verbose' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/spec/rake/spectask.rb:153:in`define’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:617:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:617:in`execute’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:612:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:612:in`execute’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:578:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in`synchronize’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:571:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:564:in`invoke’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2027:in `invoke_task' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2005:in`top\_level’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2005:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2005:in`top\_level’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2044:in `standard_exception_handling' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1999:in`top\_level’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1977:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2044:in`standard\_exception\_handling’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1974:in `run’  
/usr/bin/rake:28

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kontulai@gamma2:~/myproject$ gem list

\*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\*

actionmailer (2.3.5)  
actionpack (2.3.5)  
activerecord (2.3.5)  
activeresource (2.3.5)  
activesupport (2.3.5)  
faker (0.3.1)  
ffi (0.5.4)  
pg (0.8.0)  
populator (0.2.5)  
rack (1.0.1)  
rails (2.3.5)  
rake (0.8.7)  
rdoc (2.4.3)  
rspec (1.3.0)  
rspec-rails (1.3.2)  
sqlite3 (0.0.6)  
sqlite3-ruby (1.2.5)

what am i doing wrong?