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Ruby

Posted by Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

require 'rubygems' returned 'false' :(

require 'rubygems' returned 'false' :( I even could not find the gem by typing gem install 'rubygems' what should I do?

1 Answer

Tomasz Foster
Tomasz Foster
19,442 Points

A false return from the require method does not indicate an error. It just means that the file has already been loaded. Although, in this case, you shouldn't need to require rubygems but rather at the top of the gemfile you should see:

source 'https://rubygems.org'

and that's where it will look for other gem files that you require. does that help? you can also type in 'gem -v' into the terminal to see what version you have or type in 'gem -h' for more help and commands. hope this helps!

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

yes, I just found it out that it was not an error form Stackoverflow.. Do you know how to solve this problem? https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/irb-freezing-problem?sort=my-posts