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Stephen Bicker
Stephen Bicker
3,686 Points

error running "bundle exec rails server" executed from the testapp directory is returning error

After i got the error that it cant find config.ru when running "rails new testapp" I get the error running "bundle exec rails server" executed from the testapp directory is returning the error "could not locate Gemfile". any ideas? help?

than you, best regards, Stephen Bicker

3 Answers

I got the same stuff here since yesterday, trying to solve it.

Matt Young
Matt Young
6,348 Points

I had this same problem. Turns out you have to be in the testapp directory before you can run "bundle exec rails server" successfully. So, just: cd testapp first.