# Uninitialized constant LangHelper::GetText (NameError)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-langhelper-gettext-nameerror/178310>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 2, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-langhelper-gettext-nameerror/178310 "2009-11-02T17:48:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![srikanth\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@srikanth\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/srikanth_j)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-langhelper-gettext-nameerror/178310/1 "2009-11-02T17:48:53Z")

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Hi,  
im have install this gem, then why am i getting this error.  
pls help.

$ gem install gettext  
Successfully installed gettext-2.0.4  
1 gem installed  
Installing ri documentation for gettext-2.0.4…  
Installing RDoc documentation for gettext-2.0.4…

$ mongrel\_rails start  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Starting Rails with development environment…  
C:/Documents and  
Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/rails/activesupport/  
lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:440:in `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant LangHelper::GetText (NameError) from C:/Documents and Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/rails/a ctivesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in`const\_missing’  
from C:/Documents and  
Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/plugins  
/lang\_helper/lib/lang\_helper.rb:8  
from  
d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `ge m_original_require' from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`re  
quire’  
from C:/Documents and  
Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/rails/a  
ctivesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Documents and Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/rails/a ctivesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in`new\_constants\_in’  
from C:/Documents and  
Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/rails/a  
ctivesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Documents and Settings/srikanth/projects/livetagz/vendor/plugins /lang_helper/init.rb:7:in`evaluate\_init\_rb’  
… 23 levels…  
from  
d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin32-60/bin/…/  
lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run' from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin32-60/bin/mon grel_rails:281 from d:/ruby/bin/mongrel_rails:19:in`load’  
from d:/ruby/bin/mongrel\_rails:19

Thanks,  
Srikanth