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Ruby

Posted by Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points

gmd install rails error

when i go through installing the gems i get an error when i type into cmd prompt

"gem install rails"

it says:

ERROR: While executing gems .. (NoMethodError) undefined method size for nil:NilClass

3 Answers

Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points
Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points

i did a gem update rdoc and overwrited the existing files and when i did the gem install rails command again. it says the same thing

Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points
Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points

online it says it should be disregarded as it should say a "#" of gems installed, but mine goes straight to the error message written above

Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points
Danny Slewa
Danny Slewa
2,294 Points

i used the gem install rails -v=1.2.3 and it gave me 6 gems installed. i dont know if thats all i need to do which makes it complete or not