# Using gems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems/141750>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems/141750 "2008-06-30T10:56:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems/141750/1 "2008-06-30T10:56:17Z")

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I hope this post is in the appropriate forum. I am wanting to use the  
rspec gem (in the context of an existing [asp.net](http://asp.net) application so that I  
can test part of it BDD style). From what I can see there is no way to  
“require ‘rspec’” and get access to the gem. Can anyone please confirm  
this? or at least put me straight 🙂

Thanks Todd

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**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems/141750/2 "2008-06-30T16:34:30Z")

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Todd Bb:

> I hope this post is in the appropriate forum. I am wanting to use the  
> rspec gem (in the context of an existing [asp.net](http://asp.net) application so that I  
> can test part of it BDD style). From what I can see there is no way to  
> “require ‘rspec’” and get access to the gem. Can anyone please confirm  
> this? or at least put me straight 🙂

I’d hold off on running rspec now. It does run, but we have to fix our  
startup issues before it’s actually _useful_ 🙂

Thanks,  
-John

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**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gems/141750/3 "2008-07-01T08:58:45Z")

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John,

Thanks. Can I ask then how do you do a ‘require’? In other words, how  
are you resolving to that gem? Can you point me in the right direction.

Thanks. Todd