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John Simoneau
Courses Plus Student 8,105 PointsRails Console not fully loading
I know this course is a bit outdated but I've been doing well with it so far. Except it appears the Rails Console won't fully load for me. When I run Rails Console I get this:
Js-MacBook-Pro:treebook jsimoneau$ rails console
/Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:270: warning: circular argument reference - now
/Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in require': cannot load such file -- test/unit/testcase (LoadError)
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in
block in require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in load_dependency'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in
require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/test_case.rb:1:in <top (required)>'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in
require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in block in require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in
load_dependency'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-3.2.18/lib/rails/console/app.rb:2:in
<top (required)>'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in
block in require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in load_dependency'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.18/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in
require'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-3.2.18/lib/rails/application.rb:312:in initialize_console'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-3.2.18/lib/rails/application.rb:152:in
load_console'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-3.2.18/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:27:in start'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-3.2.18/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in
start'
from /Users/jsimoneau/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-3.2.18/lib/rails/commands.rb:41:in <top (required)>'
from script/rails:6:in
require'
from script/rails:6:in `<main>'
Js-MacBook-Pro:treebook jsimoneau$
4 Answers
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John Simoneau
Courses Plus Student 8,105 PointsIn another thread I posted on the subject... Andrew Gay (if you're a points collector then post something in an ANSWER below and I'd be glad to mark it as best answer Andrew) suggested putting
gem 'test-unit'
in the gem file. This did the trick so that the console at least loaded. Unfortunately I decided to abandon work on this course as I felt it was so outdated it was causing more harm then good. I was googling quite a bit for fixes and finding them but it was just taking all of my focus off the actual course content and learning experience.
I hope they update this course for others. I can't say that I didn't know what I was getting myself into as I did read some comments prior to starting... and I likely could have finished... but at the cost of what I felt best for my own learning.
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Noah A
4,144 PointsAre you typing in rails
or rails console
/rails c
?
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John Simoneau
Courses Plus Student 8,105 Pointsrails console
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John Simoneau
Courses Plus Student 8,105 PointsI did install the version of Rails that they used in the video but yet the newest version of Ruby I believe. Wonder if that could be the conflict causing this? Or if I installed something in the wrong location. I don't think I did but I'm not 100% sure. Everything else seems to work but this. I've got pretty far into the tutorial so I assume rails is working to some extent...
Thanks for any help