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David Axelrod
David Axelrod
36,073 Points
Posted by David Axelrod
David Axelrod
36,073 Points

Rspec isn't working properly :(

when i run rspec i get this huge error message and im not sure how to go about fixing it

Davids-MacBook-Pro-3:odot davidaxelrod$ bin/rspec spec/models/user_spec.rb /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:282: warning: circular argument reference - now WARNING: Nokogiri was built against LibXML version 2.9.0, but has dynamically loaded 2.8.0 /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in require': cannot load such file -- test/unit/assertions (LoadError) from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inblock in require' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in load_dependency' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.14.0/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:3:in <top (required)>' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in block in require' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:inload_dependency' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in require' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.14.0/lib/rspec/rails.rb:11:in<top (required)>' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in require' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inblock in require' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in load_dependency' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from /Users/davidaxelrod/Documents/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/spec_helper.rb:4:in <top (required)>' from /Users/davidaxelrod/Documents/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/models/user_spec.rb:1:inrequire' from /Users/davidaxelrod/Documents/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/models/user_spec.rb:1:in <top (required)>' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:896:inload' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:896:in block in load_spec_files' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:896:ineach' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:896:in load_spec_files' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:22:inrun' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in run' from /Users/davidaxelrod/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.14.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:inblock in autorun'

2 Answers

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi David,

I think you can reinstall both Nokogiri and LibXML, probably you had LibXML2's older version, this might cause nokogiri to compile against LibXML's version 2.9.0, Nokogiri will work perfectly with a newer version of LibXML.

Let's follow this step below if you are using homebrew without bundler:

  • gem uninstall nokogiri libxml-ruby
  • brew update
  • brew uninstall libxml2
  • brew install libxml2 --with-xml2-config
  • brew install libxslt
  • gem install nokogiri

Please make sure if you have gem 'nokogiri' in your Gemfile (it should be at the top side).

Hope it will solve to get rid of these huge warning messages. :)

-Salman

David Axelrod
David Axelrod
36,073 Points
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
36,073 Points

darn!! I followed your instructions to the letter and still got the same response

thank you so much for your reply though!

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Okay, can you try other way either below?

  • gem pristine nokogiri
  • bundle exec gem pristine nokogiri
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

You might need to add gem 'test-unit' and or gem 'minitest' to your gem file and bundle. I think there are some issues with rspec 2.14.7 and Ruby 2.2.0 and newer. Upgrading rspec to 3.2 or better might also work, but I wouldn't do it mid project. It will greatly confuse you during Odot. Rspec 3 uses two spec helpers.

David Axelrod
David Axelrod
36,073 Points
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
36,073 Points

thanks for the reply! added both test unit and minitest and bundled with no avail. I've been combing the interwebs for an answer but nothing has worked so far. Ill keep looking though.

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

I do remember having a similar issue during Odot. I don't remember the exact fix, but is was something like switching minitest/autorun to just minitest I think.