# Wxruby2 - Error Message

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 10, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305 "2010-05-10T02:06:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305/1 "2010-05-10T02:06:45Z")

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Hi all

I don’t understand what’s going wrong when I try to use the wxruby2…

I followed the [http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl) instructions but  
I always get this error when I run the following code:

require “wxruby”  
require “rubygems”  
include Wx

class MinimalApp \< App  
def on\_init  
Frame.new(nil, -1, “The Bare Minimum”).show()  
end  
end

MinimalApp.new.main\_loop

C:/Documentos/Ruby Scripts/form\_01/lib/main.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- wxruby (LoadError) from C:/Documentos/Ruby Scripts/form_01/lib/main.rb:1:in `’

I have ruby 1.9.1,Windows XP sp3 and I’m using NetBeans 6.8.

Thanks in advanced for any help

Ivo R.

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**Author:** ![iroupa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@iroupa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iroupa)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305/2 "2010-05-10T08:10:23Z")

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Ivo R. wrote:

> include Wx
> 
> Thanks in advanced for any help
> 
> Ivo R.

did you install it as a gem? try to require rubygems in the first line  
then  
wxruby on the second

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**Author:** ![iroupa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@iroupa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iroupa)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305/3 "2010-05-10T13:42:19Z")

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Ivo R. wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I don’t understand what’s going wrong when I try to use the wxruby2…
> 
> I followed the [http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl) instructions but  
> I always get this error when I run the following code:
> 
> require “wxruby”  
> require “rubygems”  
> include Wx
> 
> class MinimalApp \< App  
> def on\_init  
> Frame.new(nil, -1, “The Bare Minimum”).show()  
> end  
> end
> 
> MinimalApp.new.main\_loop
> 
> C:/Documentos/Ruby Scripts/form\_01/lib/main.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- wxruby (LoadError) from C:/Documentos/Ruby Scripts/form_01/lib/main.rb:1:in `’
> 
> I have ruby 1.9.1,Windows XP sp3 and I’m using NetBeans 6.8.
> 
> Thanks in advanced for any help
> 
> Ivo R.

Try

require “wx”

instead of

require “wxruby”

And move the require “rubygems” before the require “wx” statement.

Marvin

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305/4 "2010-05-10T17:13:39Z")

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Make sure you installed wxruby for 1.9 instead of 1.8 “run gem install  
wxruby-ruby19”

remove the require for rubygems because you are using 1.9.1  
change the require ‘wxruby’ to require ‘wx’

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Allan D.  
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-error-message/188305/5 "2010-05-11T02:00:55Z")

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Allan D. wrote:

> Make sure you installed wxruby for 1.9 instead of 1.8 “run gem install  
> wxruby-ruby19”
> 
> remove the require for rubygems because you are using 1.9.1  
> change the require ‘wxruby’ to require ‘wx’
> 
> * * *
> 
> Allan D.  
> Member of NetBeans Dream Team  
> [http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeansDreamTeam](http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeansDreamTeam)  
> Lead Developer, nbPython  
> [http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python](http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python)  
> [http://codesnakes.blogspot.com](http://codesnakes.blogspot.com) (my blog)  
> Co-Chair, CajunJUG  
> [http://www.cajunjug.org](http://www.cajunjug.org)

Allan

Finally it’s working…

Thanks you for your help.