# SaltedHashLoginGenerator no such file to load -- iconv **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 17, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274 "2006-08-17T05:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/1 "2006-08-17T05:08:20Z")
Hi, I’m trying to use the SaltedHashLoginGenerator as documented on [http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/SaltedHashLoginGenerator](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/SaltedHashLoginGenerator) Ruby version: ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-openbsd3.9] I’ve the following commands: gem install salted\_login\_generator gem install localization\_generator rails myapp cd myapp ruby script/generate salted\_login User Localization All ran successfully. I then created the databases and schema, without incident. In theory, I should be able to hit my server: [http://my.host.com:3000/user](http://my.host.com:3000/user) … Doing so, throws an error page in my face: ±---------------------------------- - MissingSourceFile - - no such file to load – iconv ±----------------------------------- There are many posts out there conerning this missing dependency for windows, but none for \*NIX. What is iconv and where is it missing from? ruby? rails? In either case, where do I get said file? ---
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/2 "2006-08-17T05:33:26Z")
hi. i responded to you on the mailing list but it kicked back my mail cuz the server is out of disk space (with a cute python error message)\> What is iconv and where is it missing from? ruby? rails? â??a ~ # locate iconv | gre -i ruby â??/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/xsd/iconvcharset.rb â??/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/x86\_64-linux/iconv.so â??/usr/lib64/ruby/doc/files/1\_8/xsd/iconvcharset\_rb.html â??a ~ # eq b iconv.so â??[Searching for file(s) iconv.so in \*…] â??dev-lang/ruby-1.8.5\_pre1 (/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/x86\_64-linux/iconv.so) â?? â??\> â??\> In either case, where do I get said file? â?? â??rebuild ruby and get it to pick up on iconv support. although there is a libiconv, all â??+i have installed here is virtual/libiconv which mean its been provided by something â??+else. my guess is a unicode verison of glibc. â?? â??in your case, its probably easier to just use an authentication library, instead of an â??+authentication-plus-mandatorily-internationalized-error-messages library. â??+acts\_as\_authenticated is a good start… â?? sorry, the " |" thing is muttng taskbar and i cant be arsed to turn it off. somebody tell them to fix their list! ---
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/3 "2006-08-17T05:40:36Z")
Carmen — wrote: > hi. i responded to you on the mailing list but it kicked back my mail > cuz the server is out of disk space (with a cute python error message)\> > What is iconv and where is it missing from? ruby? rails? > â??a ~ # locate iconv | gre -i ruby > â??/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/xsd/iconvcharset.rb > â??/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/x86\_64-linux/iconv.so > â??/usr/lib64/ruby/doc/files/1\_8/xsd/iconvcharset\_rb.html > â??a ~ # eq b iconv.so > â??[Searching for file(s) iconv.so in \*…] > â??dev-lang/ruby-1.8.5\_pre1 > (/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/x86\_64-linux/iconv.so) > â?? > â??\> > â??\> In either case, where do I get said file? > â?? > â??rebuild ruby and get it to pick up on iconv support. > although there is a libiconv, all â??+i have installed here is > virtual/libiconv which mean its been provided by something > â??+else. my guess is a unicode verison of glibc. > â?? > â??in your case, its probably easier to just use an > authentication library, instead of an > â??+authentication-plus-mandatorily-internationalized-error-messages > library. > â??+acts\_as\_authenticated is a good start… > â?? > > sorry, the " |" thing is muttng taskbar and i cant be arsed to > turn it off. somebody tell them to fix their list! Thanks for your help, I’ll try that. Why would the Ruby-on-Rails people feature the SaltedHashLoginGenerator so proudly when the consensus of the community seems to be that it is amazingly f’d? ---
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/4 "2006-08-17T07:11:00Z")
Elliott B. wrote: > Thanks for your help, I’ll try that. > > Why would the Ruby-on-Rails people feature the SaltedHashLoginGenerator > so proudly when the consensus of the community seems to be that it is > amazingly f’d? Sorry, you need to have ruby-iconv-1.8.4p0.tgz on BSD. Poblem fixed. ---
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/5 "2006-09-10T17:58:58Z")
ok, I found the magic sauce. It’s actually on my beastie box It’s here: /usr/ports/converters/ruby-iconv If you are new to FreeBSD [like me], /usr/ports/ is loaded up with a bunch of software which you can install. Usually software I find there installs cleanly with a simple make make install So, I installed ruby-iconv and now require ‘iconv’ returns true rather than an exception. -Dan ---
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/6 "2006-09-09T19:50:46Z")
Yep, I too have just bumped into this issue. I see it on a freebsd box: bash jake oracle /usr/local 12 $ uname -a FreeBSD [jake.host.com](http://jake.host.com) 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Tue Nov 1 05:56:17 CST 2005 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/JAKE i386 bash jake oracle /usr/local 13 $ I compared my bsd box to my Mac: bash jake oracle ~/o 24 $ find . -print|grep iconv ./lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/iconvcharset.rb bash jake oracle ~/o 25 $ which ruby /home/oracle/o/bin/ruby bash jake oracle ~/o 26 $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-freebsd5.3] bash jake oracle ~/o 27 $ bash jake oracle ~/o 27 $ bash jake oracle ~/o 27 $ irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘iconv’ LoadError: no such file to load – iconv from (irb):1:in `require’ from (irb):1 irb(main):002:0\> irb(main):003:0\* quit bash jake oracle ~/o 28 $ bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 1 $ find . -print|grep iconv ./lib/ruby/1.8/doc/files/xsd/iconvcharset\_rb.html ./lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.7.0/iconv.bundle ./lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/iconvcharset.rb ./share/ri/1.8/system/Iconv/iconv-c.yaml ./share/ri/1.8/system/Iconv/iconv-i.yaml bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 2 $ which ruby /r/bin/ruby bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 3 $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.7.0] bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 4 $ bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 4 $ bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 4 $ irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘iconv’ require ‘iconv’ =\> true irb(main):002:0\> quit bash maco-mois-powerbook-g4-17 maco /r 5 $ It looks like my Mac has some kind of iconv special sauce on it. I assume it was put there when I installed ruby. I’d like to find the said sauce for my freebsd beastie. -Dan ---
**Author:** ![eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@eblatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eblatt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saltedhashlogingenerator-no-such-file-to-load-iconv/65274/7 "2006-09-10T18:10:59Z")
Dan B. wrote: > It’s here: > /usr/ports/converters/ruby-iconv Hmm. FreeBSD suffering under the Debianism of “We wouldn’t give you a full standard distribution if you threatened us with a gun”? David V.