# Unable to start rails after upgrade to 2.3.2

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 14, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-start-rails-after-upgrade-to-2-3-2/165488 "2009-04-14T14:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![mve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mve)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-start-rails-after-upgrade-to-2-3-2/165488/1 "2009-04-14T14:53:19Z")

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Error:  
/usr/local/bin/rails:19:in `load’: no such file to load – rails  
(LoadError) from /usr/local/bin/rails:19

Problem:  
Am unable to run the rails framework. Probable victim of a, self  
inflicted, GEM update run with insufficient privileges. Failure occurs  
when I attempt to run any rails commands. Rails says that it can’t  
find itself, yet my machine seems to have several rails executables.

Context:  
Mac OS X 10.5.6  
Ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9.6.0]  
Gem 1.3.1  
Rails install was an attempt at 2.3.2  
Which ruby shows: /usr/local/bin/ruby  
Which gem shows: /usr/local/bin/gem  
Which rails shows: /usr/local/bin/rails

.profile file sets path as follows:  
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:  
$PATH"

Have not found a .bash\_profile or .bash\_login file, so I believe  
(assume) that the only path statement is the one in the .profile file.

Have found the following rails folders:

1. /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/  
Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/  
lib
2. Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/bin/rails
3. Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/bin/rails
4. usr/bin/rails
5. usr/local/bin/rails

Does anyone have any suggestions on where I should look to solve this  
puzzle?