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Posted by Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points

cannot load such file -- shoulda/context (LoadError)

Hi Jason,

I'm still having problems with shoulda with the (LoadError) doesn't make creating test much fun here is my code when I try to run a test.

https://gist.github.com/lacykerel/4990117

11 Answers

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey all,

This took me a long time to figure out but I think I have a solution. Type "gem list" to get the list of your gems and take note of the version of "shoulda-context" that is installed. From there, type the following, substituting "1.0.2" with your version of the gem:

sudo chmod -R 755 $GEM_HOME/gems/shoulda-context-1.0.2

I'm not quite sure why this happens but it seems to be a permissions issue.

Jake Rorrer
Jake Rorrer
17,788 Points

This + Nima's solution did the trick. Thanks Jason!!

Yaniv Ran
Yaniv Ran
7,333 Points
Yaniv Ran
Yaniv Ran
7,333 Points

That solved my problem, thanks Jason.

Stephen Nguyen
Stephen Nguyen
860 Points
Stephen Nguyen
Stephen Nguyen
860 Points

sudo chmod -R 755 $GEM_HOME/gems/shoulda-context-1.0.2 worked! thanks!

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hi Kerel,

Can you zip up your treebook project and email it to help@teamtreehouse.com or send me a link on GitHub?

Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points
Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points

I sent the treebook project to help@teamtreehouse.com.

Thanks, Kerel

Ryan Johnson
Ryan Johnson
991 Points
Ryan Johnson
Ryan Johnson
991 Points

I'm experiencing the same 'cannot load such file -- shoulda/context (LoadError)' error. Has anyone determined the solution?

Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points
Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points

Hi Ryan,

I'm going back and forth with Jason on trying to solve this error. You can try doing

bundle clean --force bundle install

Also go into your text/fixtures folder and make sure you have spaces instead of tabs for spacing.

bundle clean --force didn't know work for me due to some issues with bundler.

Ahad Shafiq
Ahad Shafiq
1,161 Points
Ahad Shafiq
Ahad Shafiq
1,161 Points

I have the same problem. 

      bundle clean --force bundle install

executes without errors but running 

      rake db:migrate

fails with:

      cannot load such file -- shoulda/context (LoadError)
Ahad Shafiq
Ahad Shafiq
1,161 Points
Ahad Shafiq
Ahad Shafiq
1,161 Points

Hello,

I'm not sure if it'll work for everyone, but I fixed this problem by running:

      rvm use 1.9.3-p194-perf
Ryan Johnson
Ryan Johnson
991 Points
Ryan Johnson
Ryan Johnson
991 Points

Unfortunately none of the proposed solutions work for me. Has anyone tried anything else that worked?

Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points
Kerel Lacy
Kerel Lacy
8,474 Points

Hey Ryan, still no solution yet, but I've been digging around the app. For some reason the shoulda gem when installed and configured shows up in the command line as using shoulda-matchers using shoulda-context

but we title the gem "require 'shoulda' "

Also within the tutorial Jason has us should context " insert test text" do

which also throws the error cannot load such file