I have just update to ubuntu 11.04. since that I can not create a new Rails project.
Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$ rails new Test Can't initialize a new Rails application within the directory of another, please change to a non-Rails directory first. Type 'rails' for help.
I have just update to ubuntu 11.04.
since that I can not create a new Rails project.
Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$ rails new Test
Can’t initialize a new Rails application within the directory of
another, please change to a non-Rails directory first.
Type ‘rails’ for help.
As the error message says, you are already in a Rails project directory. Go back and try again.
That error message seems pretty clear. You’re already in a directory that is a rails application.
Also just as another note, “Test” is not a good name to give your application. You should avoid using keywords like that as the name of your application.
Tim Shaffer wrote in post #1000680:
That error message seems pretty clear. You're already in a directory that is a rails application.
Also just as another note, "Test" is not a good name to give your application. You should avoid using keywords like that as the name of your application.
You are telling me that when I login into ubuntu my I go directly on Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$. you are telling that this is an rails directory ? that does not make a sense
Tim Shaffer wrote in post #1000680:
> That error message seems pretty clear. You're already in a directory > that is > a rails application.
> Also just as another note, "Test" is not a good name to give your > application. You should avoid using keywords like that as the name of > your > application.
You are telling me that when I login into ubuntu my I go directly on Mark@Mark-Satellite-A300D:~$. you are telling that this is an rails directory ? that does not make a sense
Well at least rails thinks it's a rails app. Maybe you previously generated a rails app in your home directory (rather than in a subfolder) at some previous point in time, or moved the contents of a rails app into your home folder
Fred
This is likely what’s happening. WHat’s the output of the following commands?
ls -l which rails
Tim Shaffer wrote in post #1000707:
This is likely what's happening. WHat's the output of the following commands?
ls -l which rails
luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$ ls -l total 21604 drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:15 Aptana Studio 3 Workspace drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:42 bea drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 config drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 db drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:25 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:09 DEVS drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-19 19:14 doc drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-22 13:27 Documents drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:08 Downloads -rw-r--r-- 1 luc luc 179 2011-02-28 18:13 examples.desktop drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:15 glassfish-3.0.1 drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:42 glassfish-3.1 drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 14:56 IdeaProjects drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:50 jdeveloper drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 09:11 jedit drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 log drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:16 lucRails drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:26 lucworkspace drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Music drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:14 netbeans-6.9.1 drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:52 netbeans-7.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:29 NetBeansProjects drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:39 Oracle drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 public drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Public drwxr-xr-x 25 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:49 ruby-1.9.2-p0 -rw-r--r-- 1 luc luc 10787899 2011-05-22 17:07 ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 24 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:41 ruby-1.9.2-p180 -rw-r--r-- 1 luc luc 11158935 2011-05-22 17:39 ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 script drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Templates drwxr-xr-x 7 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 test drwxr-xr-x 6 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 tmp drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:13 untitled folder drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 vendor drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Videos drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 19:54 workspace drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-04-16 17:46 workspaces
luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$ which rails /home/luc/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/rails luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$
Tim Shaffer wrote in post #1000707:
This is likely what's happening. WHat's the output of the following commands?
ls -l which rails
luc@luc-Satellite-A300D:~$ ls -l total 21604 drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:15 Aptana Studio 3 Workspace drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:42 bea drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 config
That looks like a bit of Rails project
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 db
and that
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:25 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:09 DEVS drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-19 19:14 doc
yup
drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-22 13:27 Documents drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 18:08 Downloads -rw-r--r-- 1 luc luc 179 2011-02-28 18:13 examples.desktop drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:15 glassfish-3.0.1 drwxr-xr-x 8 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:42 glassfish-3.1 drwxr-xr-x 4 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 14:56 IdeaProjects drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:50 jdeveloper drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 09:11 jedit drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 lib
curiouser and curiouser
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 log
and again
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:16 lucRails drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:26 lucworkspace drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Music drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 19:14 netbeans-6.9.1 drwxr-xr-x 22 luc luc 4096 2011-04-21 18:52 netbeans-7.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:29 NetBeansProjects drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-31 15:39 Oracle drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 5 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 public
and again
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Public drwxr-xr-x 25 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:49 ruby-1.9.2-p0 -rw-r--r-- 1 luc luc 10787899 2011-05-22 17:07 ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 24 luc luc 12288 2011-05-22 17:41 ruby-1.9.2-p180 -rw-r--r-- 1 luc luc 11158935 2011-05-22 17:39 ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-04-10 12:08 script
It is getting mighty suspicious
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-02-28 18:26 Templates drwxr-xr-x 7 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 test
yet more
drwxr-xr-x 6 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 tmp
that one could be real I suppose
drwxr-xr-x 2 luc luc 4096 2011-05-24 20:13 untitled folder drwxr-xr-x 3 luc luc 4096 2011-03-04 23:20 vendor
That one is bit of a killer.
It certainly looks like you have accidentally created a rails app in the home folder at some point. There is no app directory but perhaps you have already removed that one. I suggest looking in all the directories above to make sure they do not contain useful data and if they do not then removing them.
Colin