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Ruby

Posted by Jumah Hamilton
Jumah Hamilton
8,648 Points

Rake db:migrate results in an error

I was following along with the Generate a Rails Application Video and this happened at the terminal prompt:

$ rake db:migrate

but it resulted in this 

$ rake db:migrate
/Users/jumah/.rvm/bin/ruby: line 6: /Users/jumah/.rvm/bin/ruby: Argument list too long
/Users/jumah/.rvm/bin/ruby: line 6: /Users/jumah/.rvm/bin/ruby: Undefined error: 0

Please help! Thank you.

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

Usually re-installing rvm helps with that issue. Run this:

rvm implode
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

The first command is to uninstall rvm and the second one is to install it again.

Jumah Hamilton
Jumah Hamilton
8,648 Points
Jumah Hamilton
Jumah Hamilton
8,648 Points

Thanks a lot Dino! It worked out great.

But...19000+ points! I have a long way to go..

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

Don't worry about the points. While they can be a nice motivation short-term, the only important tally is how much knowledge you pick up in the end. They certainly aren't a reflection of your skills, just a reflection of your interests, or in my case, a reflection of compulsive behaviour. :)