# RForum ... "Your config/boot.rb is outdated"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rforum-your-config-boot-rb-is-outdated/171437>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [July 2, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rforum-your-config-boot-rb-is-outdated/171437 "2009-07-02T14:07:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![site-master](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@site-master](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/site-master)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rforum-your-config-boot-rb-is-outdated/171437/1 "2009-07-02T14:07:41Z")

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hello,  
i am trying to install rforum for a couple of days, but no luck /: i am  
trying to list, what i have done today and hope that somebody can help  
me finding out what my errors are.

today, i first tried to (re)install ruby …

yum install -y ruby

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror  
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

- base: updates.interworx.info
- updates: mirrors.cmich.edu
- addons: mirrors.cmich.edu
- extras: updates.interworx.info  
Excluding Packages in global exclude list  
Finished  
Setting up Install Process  
Parsing package install arguments  
Package ruby-1.8.6.111-1.i386 already installed and latest version  
Nothing to do

yum install -y ruby-devel ruby-docs ruby-ri ruby-irb ruby-rdoc

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror  
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

- base: updates.interworx.info
- updates: mirrors.cmich.edu
- addons: mirrors.cmich.edu
- extras: updates.interworx.info  
Excluding Packages in global exclude list  
Finished  
Setting up Install Process  
Parsing package install arguments  
Package ruby-devel-1.8.6.111-1.i386 already installed and latest version  
Package ruby-ri-1.8.6.111-1.i386 already installed and latest version  
Package ruby-irb-1.8.6.111-1.i386 already installed and latest version  
Package ruby-rdoc-1.8.6.111-1.i386 already installed and latest version  
Resolving Dependencies  
–\> Running transaction check  
—\> Package ruby-docs.i386 0:1.8.6.111-1 set to be updated  
–\> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

# ============================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size

Installing:  
ruby-docs i386 1.8.6.111-1  
rubyworks 1.5 M

# Transaction Summary

Install 1 Package(s)  
Update 0 Package(s)  
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 1.5 M  
Downloading Packages:  
ruby-docs-1.8.6.111-1.i386.rpm |  
1.5 MB 00:00  
Running rpm\_check\_debug  
Running Transaction Test  
Finished Transaction Test  
Transaction Test Succeeded  
Running Transaction  
Installing : ruby-docs  
[1/1]

Installed: ruby-docs.i386 0:1.8.6.111-1  
Complete!

gem install rails --include-dependencies

gem install rails --include-dependencies  
INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed  
INFO: use --ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list  
Successfully installed rails-2.3.2  
1 gem installed

uploaded the rforum-dir to domain-dir, extracted, changed database.yml  
to …

# SQLite is enabled by default. Remember to change the dbfile path.

#production:

# adapter: sqlite3

# dbfile: /tmp/rforum\_prod.db

# Uncomment this section for MySQL:

production:  
adapter: mysql  
host: localhost  
database: admin\_ruby  
username: admin\_ruby  
password: whatever

# Uncomment this section for PostgreSQL:

#production:

# adapter: postgresql

# host: localhost

# database: rforum

# username: rforum

# password: pass

# The following settings are only used for testing and development.

development:  
adapter: mysql  
host: localhost  
database: admin\_ruby  
username: admin\_ruby  
password: whatever

test:  
adapter: mysql  
host: localhost  
database: admin\_ruby  
username: admin\_ruby  
password: whatever

cd /home/admin/domains/whatever.com/public\_html/rforum  
RAILS\_ENV=production rake migrate

(in /home/admin/domains/whatever.com/public\_html/rails)  
Your config/boot.rb is outdated: Run “rake rails:update”.  
[root@server rails]# (in  
/home/admin/domains/whatever.com/public\_html/rails)  
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `in’  
[root@server rails]# Your config/boot.rb is outdated: Run “rake  
rails:update”.  
-bash: Your: command not found

hope, that somebody knows what i am doing wrong and can help me to solve  
it!

regards,  
mark

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**Author:** ![site-master](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@site-master](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/site-master)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rforum-your-config-boot-rb-is-outdated/171437/2 "2009-07-02T15:37:54Z")

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forgot to include the installed-info …

# rpm -qa | grep -i ruby

ruby-devel-1.8.6.111-1  
rubygem-gem-plugin-0.2.3-1  
ruby-ri-1.8.6.111-1  
ruby-docs-1.8.6.111-1  
ruby-rdoc-1.8.6.111-1  
rubygem-rake-0.8.1-1  
rubygem-cgi-multipart-eof-fix-2.5.0-1  
rubygem-fastthread-1.0.1-1  
rubyworks-1.2.0-1  
ruby-libs-1.8.6.111-1  
ruby-1.8.6.111-1  
ruby-irb-1.8.6.111-1  
rubygems-1.0.1-1  
rubygem-daemons-1.0.9-1  
rubygem-mongrel-1.1.3-1

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**Author:** ![site-master](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@site-master](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/site-master)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rforum-your-config-boot-rb-is-outdated/171437/3 "2009-07-02T15:55:23Z")

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forgot to include …

i am on Redhat CentOS 5.0
