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Brook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsNew Rails Install Problem: Could Not find Gem Uglifier
I am new to Rails. I am running Windows XP with WAMP installed and running successfully.
I have downloaded Ruby 2.0.0p481 and Ruby Dev Kit. I installed Ruby fine, but when I installed Rails I am unable to start my rails server.
At the dos command prompt when I type bundle exec rails server and git <ENTER>, I get the following error: "Could not find gem uglifier <>= 1.3.0 in the gems available on the machine.
Does anyone have any advice? How can I fix my rails install?
4 Answers
Austin Davis
23,939 PointsGetting Rails up and running for the first time is a great learning opportunity. The troubleshooting can be frustrating, but it's a good introduction to what you're working with/ what Rails is. Have you checked to see if the uglifier gem is listed in the Gemfile for your app? If not, try adding it and running bundle install again. Then see if you still have the same problem.
Brook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsHow do I check to see if the uglifier gem is listed in the gemfile for the app? Where do I look? What do I look for?
Austin Davis
23,939 PointsDo you have a text editor installed- such as sublime text? (if not, you'll want to install one. sublime text is commonly used in the Treehouse tracks but there are a variety of options... just use google) -- Using the text editor.... select to "open a folder" and find the folder in which your app is stored. The list of folders and files you will see - is the structure automatically generated by rails when you executed the command to create the application. In that list there will be a file titled Gemfile. Take a moment to look it over, you shouldn't expect to fully understand it on your first glance... however it will clearly indicate the name of each gem currently included in the app.
Brook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsYes I have Sublime Text. I executed the command "bundle install"
I receive the following error. Any suggestions for a fix? Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build native extension C:\Ruby200\bin\ruby.exe extconf.rb compiler error: Illegal instruction
Here is my Gemfile source 'http://rubygems.org'
Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '4.1.2'
Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
gem 'sqlite3'
Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.3'
Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
Use CoffeeScript for .js.coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
Use jquery as the JavaScript library
gem 'jquery-rails'
Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/rails/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks'
Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.
gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc
Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'
Use unicorn as the app server
gem 'unicorn'
Use Capistrano for deployment
gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development
Use debugger
gem 'debugger', group: [:development, :test]
Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin]
Brook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsStill not able to install Ruby and the Ruby DevKit 32-bit on my Windows XP Machine. See error above. Is this because I am running a 32-bit version of Windows XP? Any suggestions?
Brook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsAny suggestions?
Brook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsBrook Hutchinson
Courses Plus Student 7,616 PointsWhere do I look to see if the uglifier gem is listed in the Gemfile for my app? What do I look for?