# Watir unable fails to load in Shoe

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/watir-unable-fails-to-load-in-shoe/170461>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 17, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/watir-unable-fails-to-load-in-shoe/170461 "2009-06-17T20:11:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![raviap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@raviap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raviap)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/watir-unable-fails-to-load-in-shoe/170461/1 "2009-06-17T20:11:07Z")

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I am a newbie to Ruby environment. I am trying to write a simple GUI  
application to our website, using Shoes and Watir. But when I specify  
watir in the Shoes.set up, as follows:

Shoes.setup do  
gem ‘hpricot \>= 0.8.1’  
gem ‘windows-pr’  
gem ‘watir \>= 1.6.2’  
end

I get the following error:

Installing Watir  
Looking for watir  
Error in C:/Program Files/Common  
Files/Shoes/0.r1134/ruby/lib/rubygems/installer.rb line 187 |

hoe requires RubyGems version \>= 1.3.1

I have installed ruby 1.8.6 (under C:\Ruby…) and other needed gems,  
but Shoes is reading/installing Ruby and Gems from its own location  
(C:/Program Files/Common Files/Shoes/0.r1134/ruby/)

1. How can I find out what version RubyGems is installed under Shoes?
2. How can I update RubyGems version under Shoes?

Thanks  
Ravi