# So I"m sure someone has come across this before...but how do you fix the gem\_original\_require probl **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 7, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/so-i-m-sure-someone-has-come-across-this-before-but-how-do-you-fix-the-gem-original-require-probl/139832 "2008-06-07T21:15:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ron)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/so-i-m-sure-someone-has-come-across-this-before-but-how-do-you-fix-the-gem-original-require-probl/139832/1 "2008-06-07T21:15:06Z")
I get this when trying to install gems: /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem\_original\_require’: no such file to load – rdoc/rdoc (LoadError) The trouble is, I also get it when trying to install rubygems…so I wound up installing 0.9.4. I can’t seem to get an earlier version on the machine… Any ideas? Thanks, Ron ---
**Author:** ![ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ron)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/so-i-m-sure-someone-has-come-across-this-before-but-how-do-you-fix-the-gem-original-require-probl/139832/2 "2008-06-08T12:35:35Z")
Hi Ron, On 7 Jun 2008, at 20:14, Ron wrote: > I get this when trying to install gems: > /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in > `gem\_original\_require’: no such file to load – rdoc/rdoc (LoadError) > > The trouble is, I also get it when trying to install rubygems…so I > wound up installing 0.9.4. I can’t seem to get an earlier version on > the machine… > > Any ideas? I’m not entirely sure this is the issue, but it appears that you’re trying to install the gems on a system that only has ruby installed, but not the other ruby-tools like irb, ir, rdoc, etc. You can either try skipping the RDoc documentation generation when installing the gems (‘gem help install’ and look for the --no-rdoc option), or else install the packages that provide the above mentioned tools: e.g. in case you’re using yum on linux: ~ $ yum list installed ‘ruby\*’ Loading “installonlyn” plugin Loading “downloadonly” plugin Installed Packages ruby.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-devel.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-irb.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-libs.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-rdoc.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-ri.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ~ $ \_ Hope this helps, Peter ---
**Author:** ![ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ron)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/so-i-m-sure-someone-has-come-across-this-before-but-how-do-you-fix-the-gem-original-require-probl/139832/3 "2009-09-23T19:16:17Z")
Ron wrote: > I get this when trying to install gems: > /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in > `gem\_original\_require’: no such file to load – rdoc/rdoc (LoadError) > > The trouble is, I also get it when trying to install rubygems…so I > wound up installing 0.9.4. I can’t seem to get an earlier version on > the machine… > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Ron I had the same problem, from Peter’s reply, i installed “ri” and that solved the problem. sudo apt-get install ri then followed reinstalling all that had failed. ---
**Author:** ![ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ron)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/so-i-m-sure-someone-has-come-across-this-before-but-how-do-you-fix-the-gem-original-require-probl/139832/4 "2008-06-08T12:36:11Z")
Hi Ron, On Jun 7, 8:14 pm, Ron [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I get this when trying to install gems: > /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in > `gem\_original\_require’: no such file to load – rdoc/rdoc (LoadError) > > The trouble is, I also get it when trying to install rubygems…so I > wound up installing 0.9.4. I can’t seem to get an earlier version on > the machine… I’m not entirely sure this is the issue, but it appears that you’re trying to install the gems on a system that only has ruby installed, but not the other ruby-tools like irb, ir, rdoc, etc. You can either try skipping the RDoc documentation generation when installing the gems (‘gem help install’ and look for the --no-rdoc option), or else install the packages that provide the above mentioned tools: e.g. in case you’re using yum on linux: ~ $ yum list installed ‘ruby\*’ Loading “installonlyn” plugin Loading “downloadonly” plugin Installed Packages ruby.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-devel.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-irb.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-libs.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-rdoc.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ruby-ri.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc5 installed ~ $ \_ Hope this helps, Peter