# Setup on Ubuntu **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926 "2008-05-28T19:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdemarco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jdemarco](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/jdemarco)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926/1 "2008-05-28T19:19:50Z")
So far my experience with Rails has been that is an absolute nightmare to setup. I followed the tutorial found here=\> [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails) Which is simple enough, although now IRB does not work, gem does not work, and I continually get the error ./lib/rubygems.rb:10:in `require': no such file to load -- thread (LoadError)         from ./lib/rubygems.rb:10         from setup.rb:19:in `require'         from setup.rb:19 When trying to reinstall gems. I am sure the problem is something to do with using the apt-get package installer first. Any help would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![jdemarco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jdemarco](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/jdemarco)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926/2 "2008-05-28T20:36:00Z")
Well I got it but it was slightly ugly. I had to go through and purge each package and then use the example provided on the ubuntu homepage. Using apt-get really does make it a struggle. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Freak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Ruby\_Freak](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Ruby_Freak)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926/3 "2008-05-29T01:08:45Z")
I followed this tutorial, which seemed like a lot of steps, but it was as smooth as silk. Just cut and paste and no problems. [http://www.urbanpuddle.com/articles/2008/04/28/install-ruby-on-rails-hardy-heron](http://www.urbanpuddle.com/articles/2008/04/28/install-ruby-on-rails-hardy-heron) Good luck ---
**Author:** ![jdemarco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jdemarco](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/jdemarco)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926/4 "2008-06-04T14:08:54Z")
Yes, I think that my problem was following a slightly outdated tutorial and using apt-get instead of gem. I purged everything and started from scratch, and it was really easy. Pretty neat stuff I have to admit. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Freak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Ruby\_Freak](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Ruby_Freak)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926/5 "2008-06-05T18:47:43Z")
[http://www.urbanpuddle.com/articles/2008/04/28/install-ruby-on-rails-hardy-heron](http://www.urbanpuddle.com/articles/2008/04/28/install-ruby-on-rails-hardy-heron) ---
**Author:** ![Szymon\_Nowak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Szymon\_Nowak](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Szymon_Nowak)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/setup-on-ubuntu/29926/6 "2008-08-04T12:48:12Z")
Hi, I got same problem. When I run irb I can't load any gem. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04. Here's gem env: RubyGems Environment:   - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0   - 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   - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin   - 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 =\> ["[RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gems.rubyforge.org/"), "http:// gems.github.com"]   - REMOTE SOURCES:      - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)      - [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com) "which ruby" gives me /usr/local/bin/ruby which is just symlink to / usr/bin/ruby1.8. When I require the same gem from Rails' script/ console, then everything is ok. Any ideas?