# Spec Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [June 16, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140 "2010-06-16T23:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/1 "2010-06-16T23:51:26Z")
Hi, Do I have to install IronRuby in C:\IronRuby? I have it installed somewhere else inside the C:\DevTools\IronRuby and having trouble running spec. When I do this: igem install rspec I get the following: WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since C:/Program Files/IronRuby 1.0v4/lib/ironrub y/gems/1.8 and C:/Program Files/IronRuby 1.0v4/bin aren’t both writable. WARNING: You don’t have C:/Users/azamsharp/.gem/ironruby/1.8/bin in your PATH, gem executables will not run. * * * Here is my code: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘spec’ require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + ‘/bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll’ include BusinessObjects describe Account do before do @account = Account.new end end When I run the above code I get the following: C:\Projects\IronRubyDemo\IronRubyDemoSolution\BusinessObjects\>spec testaccountsp ec.rb --format nested ./bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll: 127: The specified procedure could not be found . - Init\_BusinessObjects (LoadError) ./bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cus tom\_require.rb:31:in `require' from ./testaccountspec.rb:5 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example_ group_runner.rb:15:in`load’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example\_ group\_runner.rb:15:in `load_files' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example_ group_runner.rb:14:in`each’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example\_ group\_runner.rb:14:in `load_files' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/options. rb:133:in`run\_examples’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/command\_ line.rb:9:in `run' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/bin/spec:5 from c:/ruby/bin/spec:19:in`load’ from c:/ruby/bin/spec:19 The error is weird since the “/bin/Debug/” directory does contain the BusinessObjects.dll. ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/2 "2010-06-17T00:02:10Z")
I uninstalled IronRuby and then reinstall it in C:\IronRuby. The first warning now went away but the error is still thrown when running spec filename.rb. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/3 "2010-06-17T16:22:42Z")
Sounds like you have two disconnected things going on … > Do I have to install IronRuby in C:\IronRuby? No, in fact the installer puts it in C:\Program Files\IronRuby … > 1.0v4/lib/ironrub > y/gems/1.8 and > C:/Program Files/IronRuby 1.0v4/bin aren’t both writable. > WARNING: You don’t have C:/Users/azamsharp/.gem/ironruby/1.8/bin in > your PATH, > gem executables will not run. > > * * * Looks like you’re running ir.exe from C:/Program Files/IronRuby 1.0v4/bin. Check your OS PATH environment variable and move whichever path to the desired ir.exe first. By the way, the first warning is because you’re not running cmd.exe as Administrator (if IronRuby is installed in a location you’re user doesn’t have write access to). The second warning is a result of the first, and what it says exactly; the gem bin path is on your OS PATH, so add it. Now on to your second issue, I guess … > describe Account do > > ``` > from ./testaccountspec.rb:5 > from > > ``` [snip] > The error is weird since the “/bin/Debug/” directory does contain the > BusinessObjects.dll. Can you please provide a smaller repro; Preferably 1-2 lines of Ruby code, and the source to an example DLL you’re trying to load (please don’t send the source to BusinessObjects.dll … it won’t be helpful). It’s almost 100% certain we’ll help get this fixed, but only if we can reproduce it. ~Jimmy ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/4 "2010-06-17T16:22:46Z")
A complete problem statement? On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Mohammad A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core) – “The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.” - Occam’s Razor [Occam's razor - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor) ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/5 "2010-06-17T16:22:44Z")
Interesting. I didn’t have rspec installed on my work machine so I ran through this drill locally on XP: G:\> set-ironruby G:\> d: D:\> igem list \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* actionmailer (2.3.8, 2.3.5) actionpack (2.3.8, 2.3.5) activerecord (2.3.8, 2.3.5) activerecord-adonet-sqlserver (0.3.4) activerecord-sqlserver-adapter (2.3.5, 2.3.1) activeresource (2.3.8, 2.3.5) activesupport (2.3.8, 2.3.7, 2.3.5) bind (0.2.8) bson (1.0.1, 1.0, 0.20.1) commander (4.0.3) dbd-adonet (0.3.2) dbd-adonet-sqlserver (0.3.2) dbi (0.4.5, 0.4.3) deprecated (3.0.0, 2.0.1) highline (1.5.2) jnunemaker-validatable (1.8.4) json\_pure (1.4.3) jspec (4.3.1) mongo (1.0.1, 1.0, 0.20.1) mongo\_mapper (0.7.4) nifty-generators (0.4.0) panztel-actionwebservice (2.3.5) rack (1.1.0, 1.0.1) rails (2.3.8, 2.3.5) rake (0.8.7) sinatra (1.0) sqlite3-ironruby (0.1.1) D:\> igem install rspec * * * Thank you for installing rspec-1.3.0 Please be sure to read History.rdoc and Upgrade.rdoc for useful information about this release. * * * Successfully installed rspec-1.3.0 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for rspec-1.3.0… Installing RDoc documentation for rspec-1.3.0… Could not find main page README.rdoc Could not find main page README.rdoc Could not find main page README.rdoc Could not find main page README.rdoc D:\> So as you can see, I didn’t get the same warning you did when installing. You mentioned that you had reinstalled ironruby to C:\ironruby, do you still have something in the C:\Prog Files\Iron Ruby\ folder? What is in your path? Check out $env:path in powershell, do you have both paths there? Also, what OS are you running on? In some OSes you need to be running with elevated privileges to write to the prog files directory. This is most likely what is nuking your igem install. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Mohammad A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > describe Account do > > ``` > from ./testaccountspec.rb:5 > > ``` > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example\_ > > ## The error is weird since the “/bin/Debug/” directory does contain the BusinessObjects.dll. > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Ironruby-core mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core) – “The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.” - Occam’s Razor [Occam's razor - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor) ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/6 "2010-06-17T16:27:02Z")
Hi Jim, Your tip of using ir -S spec worked. And also I find that spec is running much faster than the previous versions. Thanks, Azam ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-help/190140/7 "2010-06-17T16:26:59Z")
> ./bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll: 127: The specified procedure could > not be found > . - Init\_BusinessObjects (LoadError) > ./bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll from > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cus > tom\_require.rb:31:in `require’ > from ./testaccountspec.rb:5 > from > [snip] > > The error is weird since the “/bin/Debug/” directory does contain the > BusinessObjects.dll. The spec command is running MRI. As can be seen by a) “The specified procedure could not be found - Init\_BusinessObjects” (MRI’s error when you try to load a non-ruby extension) b) the path to require " c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems" You must use ir -S spec, as pointed out numerous times before by people on this list. JD