# Rubygems bug?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 3, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426 "2006-03-03T23:28:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Logan_C)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/1 "2006-03-03T23:28:42Z")

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Help! Today I was trying to use rubygems and all of a sudden I  
started getting the following odd  
error messages:

% gem update  
Upgrading installed gems…  
ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError)  
undefined method `name’ for -517611318:Fixnum

% sudo gem update  
Password:  
Upgrading installed gems…  
Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError)  
invalid date

% ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.4.0]

% gem --version  
0.8.11

% uname -a  
Darwin logan-capaldos.poly.edu 8.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun  
Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/RELEASE\_PPC Power  
Macintosh powerpc

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**Author:** ![Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Logan_C)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/2 "2006-03-06T11:28:37Z")

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Hi!

I’m new in ruby/rails programming and i have a small problem.

I have installed InstantRails 1.0 (for Ruby/Rails/Mysql/Apache envs) and  
I’m trying to make a small app working. I’m using auth\_generator for  
making a login page/users admin pages… and I have a problem when  
trying to CHANGE the avatar for the user.

I have the following error:

MissingSourceFile in Account#info

no such file to load – GD

|RAILS\_ROOT: ./script/…/config/…|

Application Trace \<#\> | Framework Trace \<#\> | Full Trace \<#\>

|D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in `require__' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in  
`require' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/account_controller.rb:76:in `info’  
#{RAILS\_ROOT}/app/controllers/application.rb:14:in `process' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/application.rb:13:in `process’  
-e:3|

|D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in `require__' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in  
`require' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:853:in `perform\_action\_without\_filters’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:332:in  
`perform_action_without_benchmark' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform\_action\_without\_rescue’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform\_action\_without\_rescue’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/rescue.rb:82:in  
`perform_action' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:369:in `process\_without\_session\_management\_support’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/session\_management.rb:116:in  
`process' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick\_server.rb:117:in  
`handle_dispatch' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:83:in `service’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in  
`service' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in  
`start_thread' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start\_thread’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick\_server.rb:69:in  
`dispatch' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59 D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in  
`require' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/server.rb:28 D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in  
`require’  
./script/server:3|

|D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in `require__' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in  
`require' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/account_controller.rb:76:in `info’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:853:in  
`perform_action_without_filters' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:332:in `perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:82:in `perform\_action’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:369:in  
`process_without_session_management_support' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:116:in `process’  
#{RAILS\_ROOT}/app/controllers/application.rb:14:in `process' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/application.rb:13:in `process’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in  
`dispatch' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:117:in `handle\_dispatch’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick\_server.rb:83:in  
`service' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start\_thread’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in  
`start_thread' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:69:in `dispatch’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in  
`require' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `require’  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/server.rb:28  
D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in  
`require' D:/work/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `require’  
./script/server:3  
-e:3|

|This error occured while loading the following files:  
GD|

```
Request

```

_Parameters_: {“post”=\>{“lastname”=\>“aaaaa”, “firstname”=\>“bbbbbb”,  
“picture”=\>#StringIO:0x395e3f8, “password”=\>“”,  
“newemail”=\>“removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”, “passwordbis”=\>“”}}

it is related with GD module (I guess)… so, i’ve downloaded ruby-gd  
from [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/cache/ruby-gd/ruby-GD-0.7.4-1.tar.gz](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/cache/ruby-gd/ruby-GD-0.7.4-1.tar.gz) and  
unzipped it into [instantRails\_path]/ruby folder. And I still get that  
error.

Do I need to configure/download/install something mode?

TIA

Daniel.

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**Author:** ![Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Logan_C)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/3 "2006-03-06T11:45:39Z")

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Logan C. wrote:

> Help! Today I was trying to use rubygems and all of a sudden I  
> started getting the following odd  
> error messages:
> 
> % gem update  
> Upgrading installed gems…  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError)  
> undefined method `name’ for -517611318:Fixnum
> 
> % sudo gem update  
> Password:  
> Upgrading installed gems…  
> Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError)  
> invalid date

Is it only the update command that is having problems? Could you try  
running it with the --backtrace option to help pinpoint the trouble  
code.

Thanks.

–  
– Jim W.

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**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/4 "2006-03-06T18:46:20Z")

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Try installing GD as a RubyGem. From the command line, run ‘gem install  
gd2  
–remote’ That will download the GD2 libraries for Ruby and  
auto-install  
them in their correct place. I have had problems with attempting to  
manually install libraries, and installing them as a RubyGem has worked  
every time. (I’m assuming that GD and GD2 aren’t completely unrelated  
libraries with frustratingly similar names)

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**Author:** ![Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Logan_C)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/5 "2006-03-07T14:15:19Z")

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No one? 🙂 pls… hlp! 🙂

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**Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/6 "2006-03-08T15:06:25Z")

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No one? 🙂

Pls…

Thanks.

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/7 "2006-03-07T09:08:09Z")

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thanks, but it didn’t work. The same message ☹

Cheers.

Dan.

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**Author:** ![Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Logan\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Logan_C)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/8 "2006-03-08T17:15:04Z")

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Thank you very much 😉

Regards,

Daniel.

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**Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-bug/76426/9 "2006-03-08T17:05:56Z")

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You might try copying gd into your vendor directory. If your require  
command says something like “require ‘something/gd’”, then you’ll need  
gd.rb in vendor/something.

Also, you’ll usually get better answers to RoR questions on the Rails  
mailing list. [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

Jim