# Strange Camping Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 15, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633 "2007-02-15T02:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/1 "2007-02-15T02:40:06Z")
I’m trying to deploy a simple Camping application using plain old CGI. When I access the page I get a 500 error and in my logs it says: [Wed Feb 14 17:18:46 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] fortunes.cgi: 4:in `require’: no such file to load – camping (LoadError) This makes it seem like Camping isn’t installed, but if I do gem list Camping is shown on the list. WIth that being said, I fired up IRB, and entered require ‘camping’ which resulted in a “no such file to load” error. After playing around with it a bit I noticed that if I did require ‘rubygems’ and then require ‘camping’ the files would load. Anyone have any ideas as to why my application can’t load Camping? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/2 "2007-02-15T04:03:48Z")
Chris C. wrote: > On 2/14/07, Tony C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > load. > > > > Anyone have any ideas as to why my application can’t load Camping? > > Thanks > > > > – > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > Hi Tony, > As you discovered in irb you must require ‘rubygems’ first, and you > need to do that in your script too. require ‘rubygems’ rewrites the > require method to search your gems too. Thanks for the explanation. I have require ‘rubygems’ before require ‘camping’ in my application, but I’m still getting an error: [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] no such file to load – camping [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] ( [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] LoadError [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] ) ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/3 "2007-02-15T03:09:10Z")
On 2/14/07, Tony C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > load. > > Anyone have any ideas as to why my application can’t load Camping? > Thanks > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Hi Tony, As you discovered in irb you must require ‘rubygems’ first, and you need to do that in your script too. require ‘rubygems’ rewrites the require method to search your gems too. ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/4 "2007-02-15T04:12:15Z")
On 2/15/07, Tony C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks for the explanation. I have require ‘rubygems’ before require > ‘camping’ in my application, but I’m still getting an error: > [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] no such file > to load – camping > [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] ( > [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] LoadError > [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] ) Sometimes, these sorts of problems are created by the fact that the webserver is actually running as a different user that doesn’t have access to the gems, etc… Depending on where/how the gems are installed, and what user the webserver acts as, I’ve seen things like this in the past. Not a real solid answer, but maybe something to go on. hth, -Harold ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/5 "2007-02-15T04:49:18Z")
Are you doing a require or require\_gem (or properly, gem)? –Jeremy On 2/14/07, Tony C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] LoadError > [Wed Feb 14 18:58:48 2007] [error] [client 70.105.220.65] ) > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). – [http://www.jeremymcanally.com/](http://www.jeremymcanally.com/) My free Ruby e-book: [http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/) My blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.mrneighborly.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://www.rubyinpractice.com/](http://www.rubyinpractice.com/) ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/6 "2007-02-15T05:16:49Z")
Jeremy McAnally wrote: > Are you doing a require or require\_gem (or properly, gem)? > > –Jeremy I’m doing require. First I have require ‘rubygems’, and on the next line is require ‘camping’. ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/7 "2007-02-16T16:54:24Z")
On 2/15/07, Tony C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Alright here’s an update. > I was able to get iRB to find the Camping gem. I can also run the > Camping application in a shell and it runs fine. However, Apache is > still giving me the same strange error saying it’s can’t find Camping. > Anyone have any suggestions? Do you know if Apache’s definitely using the same Ruby? Does the Apache user have permissions for the gems directory? How did you get irb to find the gem so you can run it in the shell? ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/8 "2007-02-16T02:36:42Z")
Alright here’s an update. I was able to get iRB to find the Camping gem. I can also run the Camping application in a shell and it runs fine. However, Apache is still giving me the same strange error saying it’s can’t find Camping. Anyone have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@starnix17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starnix17)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-camping-error/85633/9 "2007-02-17T04:10:14Z")
Giles B. wrote: > Do you know if Apache’s definitely using the same Ruby? Does the > Apache user have permissions for the gems directory? How did you get > irb to find the gem so you can run it in the shell? I’m 100% that Apache is using the same Ruby, and the Apache user is the same user that I was using in the shell, so it should have access to the gems. I can load other gems with the CGI script (I.E. rails, activerecord, etc.), but camping does not want to load. I tried reinstalling the gems multiple times, and it still doesn’t work. As for irb, I simply ran require ‘rubygems’ and then require ‘camping’ and it worked flawlessly. Thanks for the suggestions, Tony