trouble with install of 2.3.9 due to rake requires version of ruby > 1.9

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hey all

i am trying to install rails into a new computer with rvm.

i have installed ruby 1.8.7

and rubygems 1.3.7 --force

these are both versions that i must have to run my website.

the problem is that when i try to install rails withgem install --version 2.3.9 rails

i get the following error.

ERROR: Error installing rails:

  • rake requires Ruby version >= 1.9.*

It’s nuts, i have followed this exact procedure before, and it installed just fine.

in fact, my website is now running with 1.8.7 ruby, 2.3.9 rails, and with rubygems 1.3.7

any tips on how to get around this would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

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skrite wrote in post #1140917:

hey all

i am trying to install rails into a new computer with rvm.

i have installed ruby 1.8.7 and rubygems 1.3.7 --force

these are both versions that i must have to run my website. the problem is that when i try to install rails with* gem install --version 2.3.9 rails*

i get the following error.

*ERROR: Error installing rails:* * rake requires Ruby version >= 1.9.*

It's nuts, i have followed this exact procedure before, and it installed just fine. in fact, my website is now running with 1.8.7 ruby, 2.3.9 rails, and with rubygems 1.3.7

any tips on how to get around this would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Did you try downgrading rake? I work on a similar environment and there we keep rake to 0.9.2.2, which has been the most problem free version we could find for Ruby 1.8.7.

make sure to remove rake from the rvm gemset. You might need to do

rvm @global do gem uninstall rake

if rake is in the global gemset.

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looks like that worked, i installed rake version 0.9.2.2 and then was able to install rails 2.3.9 thanks very much for your help

sk