LoadError: no such file to load -- gem not found in irb, but found in app console

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I installed a gem (sudo gem install vzaar) , which is listed now in the gem list : ... gem list rubyist-aasm (2.1.1) SystemTimer (1.2) vzaar (0.2.2.1) xml-simple (1.0.12)

in my app I am using this gem, without any problem

class Academy::PagesController < ApplicationController   require 'hpricot'   require 'vzaar'

...

no problem in the console $ script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.8)

require 'vzaar'

=>

but when using irb, I get a LoadError... re 'vzaar' LoadError: no such file to load -- vzaar   from (irb):1:in `require'   from (irb):1

what's wrong with irb ???

here is my gem env

gem env RubyGems Environment:   - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.7   - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i686- darwin10.3.0]   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8   - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/bin/ruby   - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin   - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:     - ruby     - x86-darwin-10   - GEM PATHS:      - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8      - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8      - /Users/yves/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems   - GEM CONFIGURATION:      - :update_sources => true      - :verbose => true      - :benchmark => false      - :backtrace => false      - :bulk_threshold => 1000      - "gempath" => ["/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8", "/Users/yves/.gem/ruby/ 1.8/gems"]      - :sources => ["RubyGems.org | your community gem host, "http:// gems.github.com/", "RubyGems.org | your community gem host, "http://gems.github.com", "http://gems.github.com"]   - REMOTE SOURCES:      - http://gems.rubyforge.org/      - http://gems.github.com/      - http://gemcutter.org/      - http://gems.github.com

I notice that GEM_PATH = /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 (where are my rails gems but gempath" => ["/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8", "/Users/yves/.gem/ruby/1.8/ gems"] any trouble with that ?

thanks for your help...

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Kad Kerforn wrote:

no problem in the console $ script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.8)

require 'vzaar'

=>

but when using irb, I get a LoadError... re 'vzaar' LoadError: no such file to load -- vzaar   from (irb):1:in `require'   from (irb):1

what's wrong with irb ???

Did you try doing:

require 'rubygems'

before the require of vzaar ? Rails probably does it for you already.

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Perry Smith wrote:

Kad Kerforn wrote:

no problem in the console $ script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.8)

require 'vzaar'

=>

but when using irb, I get a LoadError... re 'vzaar' LoadError: no such file to load -- vzaar   from (irb):1:in `require'   from (irb):1

what's wrong with irb ???

Did you try doing:

require 'rubygems'

before the require of vzaar ? Rails probably does it for you already.

Hey Kad, did the hint from Perry sort out the problem? You can also use http://help.vzaar.com/ in case you needed any help with the vzaar gem itself.