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Ruby

Posted by David Langley
David Langley
10,965 Points

Rails new treebook Not working on my machine ... a week later still not working...

I have had some issues getting Ruby and Rail installed but thought I was there, apparently not.....

When I type;

rails new treebook

I get;

davids-mbp:treehouse chickenguts$ rails new treebook /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency.rb:298:in to_specs': Could not find 'minitest' (~> 4.2) - did find: [minitest-5.3.0,minitest-2.5.1] (Gem::LoadError) from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1268:inblock in activate_dependencies' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1257:in each' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1257:inactivate_dependencies' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1239:in activate' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1271:inblock in activate_dependencies' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1257:in each' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1257:inactivate_dependencies' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/specification.rb:1239:in activate' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb:48:ingem' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p484/bin/rails:22:in <main>' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p484/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:ineval' from /Users/chickenguts/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p484/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

I admit I am lost with this ......

I reinstalled the bundler thinking it was a problem with Gems... but still get the above when trying to create a new rails project.

what is the easiest was to uninstall everything done in the ruby and rails install so I can try again from scratch ?

Should everything live in the treehouse directory/folder or in the main user directory/folder ?

really bummed this has been going on for almost a week now.....

2 Answers

Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points

You have some issues with your versions on ruby on you computer. Trying to load some 1.9.1 while working in 1.9.3. I would suggest updating to the latest version. You can go here and it will walk you thru the process. http://www.interworks.com/blogs/ckaukis/2013/03/05/installing-ruby-200-rvm-and-homebrew-mac-os-x-108-mountain-lion

David Langley
David Langley
10,965 Points
David Langley
David Langley
10,965 Points

Hi Ace,

thanks for your advice I will try anything at this point ! I actually have the most recent version of Ruby 2.1.1 p76 Rails 4.0.3

Appreciate your help.