# Why i was not able to create rails application?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-i-was-not-able-to-create-rails-application/186264>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [April 3, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-i-was-not-able-to-create-rails-application/186264 "2010-04-03T08:24:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-i-was-not-able-to-create-rails-application/186264/1 "2010-04-03T08:24:25Z")

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Dear Friends,

I have installed ruby 1.8.7 binary version in my windows machine. Then i  
have installed rails2.3.4 and mysql 2.8.1 gems. Ruby gems version is  
1.3.6. I have installed related dlls in my machine.

I was able to run ruby application successfully but when try create a  
rails application by giving the command

> rails sample

I received the following error  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/securerandom.rb:74:in `random_bytes': No random device (NotImplementedError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/securerandom.rb:91:in`hex’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/…/lib/rails\_generator/generators/applications/app/app\_generator.rb:195:in  
`create_initializer_files' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/../lib/rails_generator/generators/applications/app/app_generator.rb:129:in`create\_config\_files’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/…/lib/rails\_generator/generators/applications/app/app\_generator.rb:32:in  
`manifest' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/../lib/rails_generator/base.rb:163:in`record’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/…/lib/rails\_generator/manifest.rb:21:in  
`initialize' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/../lib/rails_generator/base.rb:163:in`new’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/…/lib/rails\_generator/base.rb:163:in  
`record' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/../lib/rails_generator/generators/applications/app/app_generator.rb:28:in`manifest’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/…/lib/rails\_generator/commands.rb:42:in  
`invoke!' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/../lib/rails_generator/scripts/../scripts.rb:31:in`run’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/bin/rails:18  
from c:/ruby/bin/rails:19:in `load’  
from c:/ruby/bin/rails:19

I dont know why its showing this error. could anyone help me to fix this  
error.

Thanks in advance

Regards,  
Jose martin

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-i-was-not-able-to-create-rails-application/186264/2 "2010-04-03T14:29:21Z")

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I don’t have a clue. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-i-was-not-able-to-create-rails-application/186264/3 "2010-04-03T16:37:31Z")

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You should probably ask this question on general Rails group, not I18n  
Rails. Anyway, have you tried Rails 2.3.5?

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-i-was-not-able-to-create-rails-application/186264/4 "2010-04-04T01:13:43Z")

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Try Linux.