# Replaced Rails Package with HiveLogic Install - problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574 "2006-04-04T21:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/1 "2006-04-04T21:38:42Z")
Hi, I’ve got a strange problem. I had initially installed Rails using Tony Arnold’s package: [http://www.tonyarnold.com/articles/category/rails](http://www.tonyarnold.com/articles/category/rails) and that worked fine. (on OS X, obviously). I then decided to reinstall using the instructions on the HiveLogic page, to get Ruby 1.8.4: [http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby\_rails\_lighttpd\_mysql\_tiger](http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger) That seemed to go well - I had everything installed. The one thing I did, since Tony included a bunch of gems with his package, was to copy the gems to the new /usr/local/lib directory: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/\* → /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems I’m able to create a new rails app and run it with script/server and lighttpd starts up. However. I was playing with a Rails app - Tracks - and tried to run it, but it would not start up. I found that I had to remove the lighttpd.conf file and let it be recreated. I then noticed that it was being copied from my /usr/lib/ruby/gems… directory… not the /usr/local/lib directory. So… I tried removing all the gems from /usr/lib… (my path is set correctly to use /usr/local/bin first). Now… when I try to start the server, I’m getting an error: /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:18:in `require__': No such file to load -- initializer (LoadError) from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require’ from ./script/…/config/boot.rb:14 from script/server:2:in `require’ from script/server:2 But ONLY in the existing Tracks app folder. Starting from a new rails app folder correctly runs (and will copy the lighttpd.conf file from the /usr/local/lib… directory.) Somewhere in the old tracks app folder it’s still referring to the (now non-existant) /usr/lib/ruby/… stuff… and I can’t find it! Does anyone have some insight? Please? Thanks! jt ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/2 "2006-04-05T01:31:52Z")
On Apr 4, 2006, at 1:36 PM, John T. wrote: > lighttpd starts up. > Now… when I try to start the server, I’m getting an error: > But ONLY in the existing Tracks app folder. Starting from a new rails > > jt Just off the top of my head, it looks like you are running the version of ruby that comes with MACOSX that is in /usr/bin. Type “which ruby” in a terminal window to find out the path to your ruby interpreter. If you installed a 1.8.4 ruby in /usr/local/bin, you need to make sure that one is run by removing or renaming the one in /usr/bin, or by modifying your search path to look in /usr/local/bin before looking in /usr/bin, or specifying the absolute path to your ruby executable. ## Hope that helps. Kim Kim S. - principal, Shrier and Deihl - [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Remote Unix Network Admin, Security, Internet Software Development Tinker Internet Services - Superior FreeBSD-based Web Hosting [http://www.tinker.com/](http://www.tinker.com/) ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/3 "2006-04-05T02:17:41Z")
I do have /usr/local/bin in my path statement. Creating a new Rails app will use the ruby that is in /usr/local/bin. For some reason, when I try to do anything with the “tracks” Rails app (which I had used successfully prior to my “HiveLogic” install), the system insists on using /usr/bin/ruby. Doing ‘which ruby’ in the Tracks folder does show /usr/local/bin/ruby. I thought there may be some configuration setting somewhere that is overriding what is set in the PATH, but doing a search of the whole project comes up empty. I was just playing around with that app, so not a huge deal if I can’t get it working. I’ll just trash it - I was just wondering how borked my system is… Thanks, though. ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/4 "2006-04-05T04:55:57Z")
On 4/4/06, John T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I do have /usr/local/bin in my path statement. > > Creating a new Rails app will use the ruby that is in /usr/local/bin. anyone have any idea why an existing app would want to use /usr/bin/ruby and look for files in /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems and not in /usr/local/lib ? thanks ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/5 "2006-04-05T05:56:26Z")
#!/usr/bin/env ruby Same as a new app that works without problems. ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/6 "2006-04-05T05:28:48Z")
What’s the shebang line (first line of dispatch.fcgi) say? It may be pointing at the old ruby… John T. wrote: > On 4/4/06, John T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I do have /usr/local/bin in my path statement. > > > > Creating a new Rails app will use the ruby that is in /usr/local/bin. > > anyone have any idea why an existing app would want to use > /usr/bin/ruby and look for files in > /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems and not in /usr/local/lib ? > > thanks ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replaced-rails-package-with-hivelogic-install-problems/93574/7 "2006-04-05T07:51:36Z")
Duh. My bad. I checked the files in the script/ directory (script/server, script/console, etc.) and most of them began with #!/usr/bin/ruby… Replaced them with #!/usr/bin/env ruby and all seems well now. Thanks again. jt