Installing Rails

rubyonrails-talk
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Having a god-awful time installing Rails. I started with the instructions found on this page: http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/11/23/ubuntu-gutsy-mysql-and-ror

I get the following error:

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem install rails [sudo] password for vbfischer: Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ Updating metadata for 13 gems from http://gems.rubyonrails.org/ ............. complete ERROR: could not find rails locally or in a repository

I'm running with Ubuntu Gutsy 8.04 LTS

I have followed the instructions in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/301950cb55487cb5/dd141cfb9563ee42

but none of the suggestions there helped.

This is the output from several commands suggested in other threads: vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux]

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ gem -v 1.1.0

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ gem environment RubyGems Environment:   - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.1.0 (1.1.0)   - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux]   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8   - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby1.8   - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:     - ruby     - x86-linux   - GEM PATHS:      - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8   - GEM CONFIGURATION:      - :update_sources => true      - :verbose => true      - :benchmark => false      - :backtrace => false      - :bulk_threshold => 1000      - :sources => ["http://gems.rubyforge.org", "http:// gems.rubyonrails.org"]   - REMOTE SOURCES:      - http://gems.rubyforge.org      - http://gems.rubyonrails.org

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem sources *** CURRENT SOURCES ***

http://gems.rubyforge.org http://gems.rubyonrails.org

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem search rails

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

vbfischer@ubuntu:~$ rails -v -bash: rails: command not found

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

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Did you install gems via apt-get or aptitude? Or did you download from source?

I also have an ubuntu distro and have a heck of a time getting gems and ubuntu to play nice.

I blogged about it here: http://www.rubyhomies.com/tips

HTH, Anita.

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Thanks for the reply Anita.

I installed from source. Could it be the version I installed? I used 1.1.0, but in your article, you were installing 1.1.1 (I noticed there's a 1.2.0 up there now)?

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I don't know if it is the version or not.

When did you install rubygems? I do think 1.1.1 has been available for a while. But I don't know when exactly.

And 1.2 just was released last night. I have no info on it and want to hear a review before I update my rubygems since when they break I have to do a lot of reloading of stuff.

It is possible your problems have nothing to do with your gems install. It is just one of the few problems that I know something about and ubuntu is vulerable to that particular issue.

Hopefully someone else on the list more knowledgeable than myself can help you from here.

Cheers, Anita.

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Well, someone in another group suggested downloading and installing 1.2 of Rubygems. That seemed to have worked!

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Congratulations Bryce.

Glad you found a solution.

:slight_smile: Anita.

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Thanks. And thanks for your suggestions above. Now on to writing my first RoR's app