# Trouble running rake for custom extension

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [October 30, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374 "2010-10-30T20:40:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/1 "2010-10-30T20:40:40Z")

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Hi all,

I’ve been trying the Adding-Custom-Radius-Tags example at  
[Adding Custom Radius Tags · radiant/radiant Wiki · GitHub](http://github.com/radiant/radiant/wiki/Adding-Custom-Radius-Tags).  
After generating ~/radiant/testCMS/vendor/extensions/custom\_tags/spec/  
lib/custom\_tags\_spec.rb as described running ‘rake spec --trace’  
results in:

Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. This is only required if you  
plan to package custom\_tags as a gem.  
rake aborted!  
no such file to load – spec/rake/spectask  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’  
/home/pipi/radiant/testCMS/vendor/extensions/custom\_tags/Rakefile:39  
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2383:in `load' /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2383:in `raw\_load\_rakefile’  
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2017:in `load_rakefile' /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in `standard\_exception\_handling’  
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2016:in `load_rakefile' /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2000:in `run’  
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in  
`standard_exception_handling' /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in `run’  
/usr/local/bin/rake:31

wich happens to be the same when I try ‘rake -T’ or plain rake.  
Any idea what I’ve been missing?

I’m on debian squeeze running Radiant 0.9.1 with ruby 1.8.7  
(2010-06-23 patchlevel 299).

Greets, Tobi

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**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/2 "2010-11-02T21:02:26Z")

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Hi all,

I have the same issue. Can someone give an advise?

Thank you,  
ion

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**Author:** ![tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobi)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/3 "2010-11-07T13:15:54Z")

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I had the same problem here, it worked after with “gem install jeweler”  
(I’m running on RVM, so I don’t use ‘sudo’).

Regards,  
Guilherme

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**Author:** ![tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobi)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/4 "2010-11-07T19:34:47Z")

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Besides the complaint about missing jeweler it’s still the same, but  
thanks for the reply.  
Anyone else got an idea?  
Where spec/rake/spectask is supposed to go. And what it should  
contain? I didn’t find it anywhere at my system.

Regards, Tobi

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**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/5 "2010-11-07T19:58:42Z")

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On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Tobi  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Besides the complaint about missing jeweler it’s still the same, but  
> thanks for the reply.  
> Anyone else got an idea?  
> Where spec/rake/spectask is supposed to go. And what it should  
> contain? I didn’t find it anywhere at my system.

seems like something up with rspec. do you have it installed? do you  
have an appropriate version installed (e.g. something from the 1.3  
series)? is that version being loaded or are you getting a newer (or  
older) version in your environment?

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**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/6 "2010-11-08T11:20:35Z")

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Tobi,

Check the rspec version you are running. I have rspec2, and the issue  
remains! Apparently spec/rake/spectask is from 1.3!

Regards,  
Guilherme

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**Author:** ![tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobi)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/7 "2010-11-09T01:26:05Z")

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Tobi,

This line did the trick here:

gem install rspec -v=1.3

It will install the version 1.3 of RSpec, the one needed by the  
“spec/rake/spectask”!

Regards,  
Guilherme Costa

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**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/8 "2010-11-10T14:03:58Z")

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Perhaps this [GitHub - mikehale/radiant-ratings-extension: Ratings for radiant pages](https://github.com/mikehale/radiant-ratings-extension)

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**Author:** ![tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobi)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/9 "2010-11-09T01:45:33Z")

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is there any extension to have articles/post with voting? like digg or  
similar?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tobi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobi)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-running-rake-for-custom-extension/198374/10 "2010-11-12T07:04:04Z")

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Wiping rspec2 did the trick. Thanks or your help.  
Seems like I should get rvm running. These compatibility issues begin  
to cause early hair loss 😉

Greets, Tobi
