# RoR in Netbeans - Rails console not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-in-netbeans-rails-console-not-working/151045>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 16, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-in-netbeans-rails-console-not-working/151045 "2008-10-16T10:18:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![TinyRockHopper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@TinyRockHopper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/TinyRockHopper)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-in-netbeans-rails-console-not-working/151045/1 "2008-10-16T10:18:10Z")

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Hey Everyone,

Local setup:  
Platform: Windows XP  
NetBeans IDE 6.1 (Build 200805300101)  
Ruby 1.8.6  
Rails 2.1.1

While trying to test out the IDE I experienced the below error as  
output.  
Is it something wrong with the version of the Rails gem that I’m  
using?

I think I had an earlier version of Rails installed initially then I  
updated it…

HELP!!!

## C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.1/lib/commands/console.rb: 32:in `exec’: Exec format error - irb --noreadline -r irb/completion

r “C:/Documents and Settings/jamesc/My Documents/Tinyrockhopper/  
helloworld/config/environment” -r console\_app -r console\_with\_helpers  
–simple-prompt (Errno::ENOEXEC)

```
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.1/lib/commands/

```

console.rb:32

```
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/

```

custom\_require.rb:  
27:in `gem\_original\_require’

```
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/

```

custom\_require.rb:  
27:in `require’

```
    from script/console:3

```

Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.1)

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**Author:** ![TinyRockHopper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@TinyRockHopper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/TinyRockHopper)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-in-netbeans-rails-console-not-working/151045/2 "2008-10-27T15:59:01Z")

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Hi,

Sorry for replying so late. Seems that you’re running into  
[133066 – Rails Console does not work in Windows using MRI.](http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=133066), the issue is  
fixed in 6.5 (6.5 RC1 is available now). Alternatively you can patch  
rails/lib/commands.console.rb like described in desc5 of the issue  
([133066 – Rails Console does not work in Windows using MRI.](http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=133066#desc5)).

HTH,  
Erno

2008/10/16 TinyRockHopper [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):