# Trying to update to rails 3.0 beta on ubuntu. For some reason none of the commands work & ubuntu do **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-update-to-rails-3-0-beta-on-ubuntu-for-some-reason-none-of-the-commands-work-ubuntu-do/183294 "2010-02-11T10:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-update-to-rails-3-0-beta-on-ubuntu-for-some-reason-none-of-the-commands-work-ubuntu-do/183294/1 "2010-02-11T10:07:39Z")
Hi, I’m about to go out of my mind. I’ve been literally working all day on installing rails 3.0 beta. I have followed the steps in the ruby on rails release notes to a T. I’ve installed all of it’s neccesary gems and than I try installing it by gem install rails --pre . I watch it install all of it’s dependent gems and when it finishes I try a simple rails -v to get this "rails -v getopt: invalid option – ‘v’ Terminating… " I’ve tried using the rails s command (I also tried rails server) and instead of turning on the server it makes a new app! I go into that app try again and it makes another app. I’ve literally re-installed and uninstalled it trying different tricks since ten am in the morning (it’s now 8:30 PM). Anyways, I can’t figure out how to get it to work and I really need to program in rails 3.0 even though it is a beta because I’m just starting on a complex app and I don’t want to have to recode all of the syntax 6 months after it launches. I was programming in 2.3.5 BTW. Anyways any help is appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-update-to-rails-3-0-beta-on-ubuntu-for-some-reason-none-of-the-commands-work-ubuntu-do/183294/2 "2010-02-11T10:25:13Z")
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM, princezuda [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’ve tried using the rails s command (I also tried rails server) and > instead of turning on the server it makes a new app! I go into that > app try again and it makes another app. I’ve literally re-installed > and uninstalled it trying different tricks since ten am in the morning > (it’s now 8:30 PM). Anyways, I can’t figure out how to get it to work > and I really need to program in rails 3.0 even though it is a beta > because I’m just starting on a complex app and I don’t want to have to > recode all of the syntax 6 months after it launches. I was programming > in 2.3.5 BTW. Anyways any help is appreciated! What are the exact commands that you have typed to install Rails 3.0 beta? Are you using RVM? Lastly, did you follow the instructions to remove all previous versions of Bundler gem? -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-update-to-rails-3-0-beta-on-ubuntu-for-some-reason-none-of-the-commands-work-ubuntu-do/183294/3 "2010-02-11T11:14:23Z")
Hi Conrad, I’ve installed rails 3 beta successfully on my Ubuntu Karmik Koala following “exactly” these instructions (it is working on postgresql too just installing pg gem !!!): gem install tzinfo builder memcache-client rack rack-test rack-mount erubis mail text-format thor bundler i18n gem install rails --pre I’m working with Ruby MRI: ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i486-linux] gem 1.3.5 VERY IMPORTANT: pay attention that ONLY the latest version of bundler gem is installed. If I try to run rails -v the result is: Rails 3.0.0.beta If you want to start the server you must create the application first and then enter into application folder: rails my\_new\_application cd my\_new\_application rails server Hope this helps… ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-update-to-rails-3-0-beta-on-ubuntu-for-some-reason-none-of-the-commands-work-ubuntu-do/183294/4 "2010-02-11T23:47:50Z")
No I’m not using RVM because iþ crashes when I try to install it. I’ve tried rails s, rails server, rails -v. I went to my wits end last night & wiped out all of my gems so the bundler isn’t an issue. I ran the same commands for install as posted above over ten times to no avail. I also made sure bundler wasn’t pre installed on all of my attempts to make it work. What makes me really confused is that the command rails newapp works. Any ideas??? Oh I’m running ruby 1.8.7